2020 Article Archive
EHR vendor-sponsored education creates inappropriate bias, researchers say
Electronic Health Record vendors in the $31.5 billion industry should not be permitted to provide continuing medical education activities and presentations to physicians to avoid bias, researchers argue in a perspective article for the Association of American Medical Colleges’ journal, Academic Medicine.
AI, brain scans may alter how doctors treat depression
Artificial intelligence may soon play a critical role in choosing which depression therapy is best for patients.
UT Southwestern nearly doubles lifespan of mice with brain cancer
UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers have developed technology that is spawning a much better form of drug delivery for gene therapy and has achieved a 43 percent increase in the survival of mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of human brain cancer.
Looking inside a tiny heart to fix a big problem
When Haley and Zachary Sanders had their first baby, Rowan, and learned she had multiple heart defects, they were shattered. They never imagined technology borrowed from video games would help save their baby’s life.
Building a better breast
Surgeons at UT Southwestern have developed a process to determine the best approach for single breast reconstruction.
Super Bowl parties can be nutritious, healthy
it’s important to have a game plan before tackling the Super Bowl spread.
Inspirational lesson: Educator, school family linked through living organ donation
A day earlier, a severely ill Nathaniel Jones received a healthy kidney from Sarah Schecter, a principal at his children’s school.
Long life, good health
The American Heart Association 2030 Impact Goals aim to help all people live healthier for more years of their life.
Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network listed No. 1 in U.S. for Medicare savings for second straight year
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network (SWHR) saved more than $37 million in 2018.
AI can jump-start radiation therapy for cancer patients
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.