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New AI tool to detect possible metastatic breast cancer: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2024/may-new-ai-tool.html
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) model to improve the detection of breast cancer metastasis, which could reduce the need for needle or surgical biopsies.
Advanced MRI scans may improve treatment of tremor, Parkinson's disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/advanced-mri-scans-may-improve-treatment-of-tremor-parkinsons-disease.html
Recently developed MRI techniques used to more precisely target a small area in the brain linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Big variability in blood pressure readings between anatomical sites: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/big-variability-in-blood-pressure-readings-between-anatomical-sites.html
Blood pressure readings taken from neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU) patients had marked differences between opposite sides of the body and different anatomical sites in each individual
Repurposed drug has promising efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2024/dec-efficacy-non-small-cell-lung-cancer.html
An FDA-approved drug used to treat multiple myeloma and lymphoma also shrank tumors in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with KRAS mutations, a clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers showed.
UT Southwestern informatics center fuels clinical innovation, public health research: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/august-impact-of-clinical-informatics.html
Leveraging its broad expertise in biomedical informatics, data sciences, and clinical sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center is aggressively expanding its involvement in clinical informatics, which aims to harness the power of big data to improve patient care and public health.
End-of-life care more aggressive for cancer patients with defibrillators: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/jan-end-of-life-care-more-aggressive-cancer-patients.html
Patients with advanced cancer who also had cardiac defibrillators were more likely than those without these implants to receive aggressive end-of-life care, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found in a new study.
UTSW studies clarify link between exercise, risk of heart disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2024/june-risk-of-heart-disease.html
Exercising at a high level doesn’t affect the progression of calcium buildup in the arteries, even among older athletes such as marathoners who tend to have higher coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Study reveals disparities in mental health care for Texas youth: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/june-disparities-mental-health-care-texas-youth.html
Young patients from lower-income households in Texas may not be getting the most effective treatment for severe depression and suicidal thoughts, based on findings from researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
The new age of AI is dawning in science and medicine at UT Southwestern: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2024/may-new-age-of-ai.html
When cancer cells metastasize, breaking away from the primary tumor and spreading to blood, tissue, or lymph nodes, the disease is at its most lethal.
UTSW researchers develop rapid COVID-19 test to identify variants in hours: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/june-rapid-covid-test.html
In just a few hours, UT Southwestern scientists can tell which variant has infected a COVID-19 patient – a critical task that can potentially influence treatment decisions but takes days or weeks at most medical centers.