Single workout can boost metabolism for days: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/exercise-boosts-metabolism.html
A new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center shows neurons in mice that influence metabolism are active for up to two days after a single workout
A simple score to identify who is at high risk for hospital readmission after suffering a heart attack: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/hospital-readmission-risk.html
Tracking just seven factors of heart attack patients when they are first admitted to the hospital can help flag those most at risk for 30-day readmission, researchers from UT Southwestern found
Diversity panel addresses prejudices in medicine: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/diversity-panel.html
In celebration of Black History Month, African-American faculty, residents, and a fellow shared their stories and insights about how race influences their work in medicine as part of a panel hosted by the Student National Medical Association
Researchers find potential new way to target lethal form of leukemia: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2018/targeting-leukemia.html
A potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, attacks a harmful molecule found on the cancerous cells and reactivates the body’s white blood cells to fight them
Underenrollment in clinical trials: Patients not the problem: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/clinical-trials-underenrollment.html
The increasing sophistication of cancer treatments threatens to outpace the ability of health care providers to enroll patients in clinical trials to test those therapies
Magnets offer alternative for patients with major depression: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/magnets-major-depression.html
UT Southwestern is the only clinical trial site in the U.S. using a new form of brain stimulation to treat major depression
UTSW researchers identify new mechanism to reduce inflammation: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/reducing-inflammation.html
UT Southwestern researchers have identified two proteins that act as gatekeepers to dampen a potentially life-threatening immune response to chronic infection
New interactive map first to show life expectancy of Texans by ZIP code, race, and gender: Newsroom, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/life-expectancy-texas-zipcode.html
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists for the first time have calculated and mapped life expectancy by gender and race/ethnicity down to the ZIP code and county levels in Texas
Scientists find method to boost CRISPR efficiency: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/boosting-crispr-efficiency.html
Scientists have developed a method to boost the efficiency of CRISPR gene editing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a study that could have implications for optimizing gene therapies for other diseases
Remote neuropsychology tests for children shown effective: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/remote-neuropsychology-tests.html
Administering neuropsychology evaluations to children online in the comfort of their own homes is feasible and delivers results comparable to tests traditionally performed in a clinic, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers and Children’s Health indicates