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UTSW pilots innovative tech to improve surgical skills, patient outcomes: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/improving-surgical-skills.html
OR Black Box brings multimedia perspective to traditional surgical reviews.
Generic cholesterol drugs save Medicare billions of dollars, study finds: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/generic-cholesterol-drugs.html
The switch from brand name to generic cholesterol medications that occurred between 2014 and 2018 has saved Medicare billions of dollars, even as the number of people on cholesterol-lowering drugs has increased.
Factors inherent to obesity could increase vulnerability to COVID-19: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/obesity-covid19.html
Conditions related to obesity, including inflammation and leaky gut, leave the lungs of obese patients more susceptible to COVID-19 and may explain why they are more likely to die from the disease, UTSW scientists say in a new article published online in eLife.
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.
A sole mate to prevent diabetic foot ulcers: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/diabetic-foot-ulcers.html
A new cooling insole developed by UT Southwestern scientists reduced the foot temperature of patients with diabetic neuropathy by several degrees, diminishing a significant risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers.
Metabolic hormone found to boost resilience against flu symptoms: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/nov-metabolic-hormone-flu-symptoms.html
A hormone known for regulating energy balance also helps the body cope with influenza by triggering protective responses in the brain, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.
Scan for arterial plaque is better at predicting heart attack than stroke: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/arterial-plaque.html
The amount of calcified plaque in the heart’s arteries is a better predictor of future heart attacks than of strokes, with similar findings across sex and racial groups, according to new research from UT Southwestern.
Nanovaccine shows great promise for treating HPV-related cancers: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/nov-nanovaccine-hpv-related-cancers.html
A nanoparticle vaccine designed to fight cancers induced by human papillomavirus (HPV) eradicated tumors in an animal model of late-stage metastatic disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report in a new study published in PNAS. The findings could ultimately lead to a new type of vaccine
Newsroom Archive: 2023 - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/
Stories published in 2023 about UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Headaches are vastly undertreated among racial and socioeconomic groups: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/headaches.html
UTSW research finds significant disparities exist in diagnosing and treating headaches by race, socioeconomic level, and insurance status.