Tips to protect your skin from the sun’s damaging rays: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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With the increase in outdoor activities during the summer, a UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer specialist reminds you to protect your skin from sun damage
Early diagnosis of pelvic floor disorders key for health: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/july-pelvic-floor-disorders.html
Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs), which occur when women’s pelvic floor muscles are weakened or injured, significantly affect quality of life and require surgery for hundreds of thousands in the U.S. each year. Now a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has found a noninvasive test
Manipulating mitochondrial shape may limit metastatic cancer, UT Southwestern study finds: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Mitochondria that power cellular activity fragment and change shape in breast cancer cells that migrate to the brain, an adaptation that appears necessary for the cells to survive, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a new study. The findings, published in Nature Cancer, could lead
Study gathers data on Texas youths being treated for depression: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Nearly half of Texas youths being treated for depression or suicidal thoughts reported at least one suicide attempt, and 90% had experienced suicidal ideation, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers
Fish oil supplement claims often vague, not supported by data : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Your daily dose of omega-3s may not be doing what you think it is. Most fish oil supplements on the market today have labels boasting health benefits that aren’t supported by clinical data, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Patients who need high-intensity statins not using them: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Although hundreds of thousands of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) are eligible for high-intensity statin therapy, most are not using the drugs, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report
Study identifies characteristics specific to human brains: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified cellular and molecular features of the brain that set modern humans apart from their closest primate relatives and ancient human ancestors. The findings, published in Nature, offer new insights into human brain evolution
AI can jump-start radiation therapy for cancer patients
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Artificial intelligence can help cancer patients start their radiation therapy sooner – and thereby decrease the odds of the cancer spreading – by instantly translating complex clinical data into an optimal plan of attack
UTSW researchers identify driver of inflammatory bowel disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered an intracellular mechanism that converts protective intestinal cells into disease-driving pathogenic cells, a finding that could lead to improved treatments for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD
Combo diabetes treatment amplifies effectiveness, improves medication adherence: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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A once-daily combination treatment for those with uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes amplifies the treatment’s effects – lowering both weight and the number of hypoglycemic events, and improving quality of life and glucose control ¬– and makes participants more likely to adhere to their medications