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UT Southwestern joins Dallas, the state, and the nation in mourning the loss of Peter O’Donnell Jr., an uncommon and visionary philanthropist, and catalyst for progress: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/peter-odonnell-jr.html
Peter O’Donnell Jr., whose committed humanitarianism, legendary generosity, and cherished friendship graced UT Southwestern Medical Center for many decades, passed away at the age of 97.
COVID-19 hospitalizations increase among unvaccinated pregnant women: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/covid-19-hospitalizations-pregnant-women.html
Unvaccinated pregnant women are increasingly being hospitalized with COVID-19 during a nationwide surge of the Delta variant, according to research from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Friends, parents, and peers provide critical support system for adolescents and young adults with cancer: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/friends-parents-and-peers.html
If not teamed with psychological, social, and emotional support, cancer news can negatively impact young patients’ emerging developmental needs and perspectives.
UTSW working to reprogram cells to strengthen immunity in geriatric patients: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/reprogramming-cells.html
What if the key to aging well lies in reprogramming immune system cells to strengthen them against infections and cancer? Researchers at UT Southwestern are working to find out.
Vulnerable cells armor themselves against infection by depleting surface cholesterol:Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/surface-cholesterol.html
Scientists have long known that the mucus membranes that line the intestines, lungs, and other sites play a key role in protecting the body from systemic infection.
Robotic bronchoscopy may offer solution to lung biopsy risks: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/december-robotic-bronchoscopy.html
Lung nodule biopsies performed with new robotic bronchoscopy technology may be safer and more effective than those done by traditional methods, a study by researchers at UT Southwestern suggests.
Traditional risk factors predict heart disease about as well as sophisticated genetic test, study suggests: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/predicting-heart-disease.html
Traditional cardiovascular risk factors, such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels, diabetes, and smoking status, are at least as valuable in predicting who will develop coronary heart disease as a sophisticated genetic test that surveys millions of different points in DNA.
UTSW surgeon implants artificial sphincter to improve quality of life after prostate cancer surgery: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/november-firefighter-relief.html
A first responder for almost four decades, Roger McCurley had made hundreds of hospital runs while providing emergency service to people in the midst of the worst days of their lives.
A different ChIA-PET provides insight into prostate cancer: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/prostate-cancer.html
UT Southwestern researchers have identified vast webs of small snippets of the genome that interact with each other and with genes to promote prostate cancer.
Risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms remains throughout pregnancy, UTSW study finds: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/november-pregnancy-covid-19-symptoms.html
A UT Southwestern study of more than 1,300 pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 found that just 1 in 10 developed moderate, severe, or critical illness and that COVID-19 symptoms and severity were similar across all trimesters.