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Racial disparities in heart failure explained: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/racial-disparities-heart-failure.html
Researchers at UT Southwestern have uncovered evidence that the higher prevalence of “malignant” enlargement of the heart among blacks contributes to the higher incidence of heart failure in this population.
UTSW study finds palliative care consultation does not decrease COVID-19 patients’ chances of receiving CPR: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/palliative-care.html
COVID-19 patients who receive a palliative care consultation are 5.6 times more likely to receive comfort care at the end of life and are just as likely to receive CPR if needed as those who did not receive a consultation, according to a UT Southwestern study.
UTSW study finds cognitive decline key factor in predicting life expectancy in Alzheimer’s disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/cognitive-decline.html
Cognitive decline is the biggest factor in determining how long patients with Alzheimer’s disease will live after being diagnosed, according to a new study from researchers at UT Southwestern.
UTSW faculty addresses challenges of diagnosing heart attacks in New England Journal of Medicine: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/diagnosing-heart-attacks.html
Diagnosing heart attacks after heart surgery remains difficult due to shortcomings of current diagnostic tools when applied to postoperative patients.
UT Southwestern study defines anemia in pregnancy using uncomplicated U.S. cases: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/anemia-in-pregnancy.html
Maternal anemia has the same definition across the sociodemographic spectrum, according to a UT Southwestern study of a diverse population of uncomplicated patients.
Finding a way to STING tumor growth: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/sting-tumor-growth.html
UT Southwestern scientists have revealed that STING also activates a separate pathway, one that directly kills tumor-fighting immune cells.
UTSW researchers use snake venom to solve structure of muscle protein - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/snake-venom.html
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical center have uncovered the detailed shape of a key protein involved in muscle contraction.
HER3 gene mutations can worsen tumor growth in breast cancer, study suggests: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/her3-gene-mutations.html
Mutations in a gene related to HER2, a gene frequently implicated in breast cancers and a variety of other malignancies, can amplify activity that spurs tumor growth
Travel history should become routine in medical assessments to slow pandemics’ spread: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/travel-history.html
Integrating travel history information into routine medical assessments could help stem the rapidly widening COVID-19 epidemic, as well as future pandemics, infectious disease specialists recommend in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Super Bowl parties can be nutritious, healthy: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/super-bowl-parties.html
it’s important to have a game plan before tackling the Super Bowl spread.