2016 Article Archive

Heart health: 5 tips for taking your blood pressure at home

 

People who take blood pressure medicines can monitor their blood pressure at home to help compensate for what’s known as “white coat” effect –a spike in readings while visiting the doctor’s office, a UT Southwestern cardiologist advises.

Medical students honored by White House for hepatitis awareness efforts

 

A project by UTSW students is being recognized at a White House ceremony today for their outstanding commitment to increasing hepatitis awareness as part of the annual National Hepatitis Testing Day observance.

AOA honor society inducts 40

 

Forty UT Southwestern Medical School students were recently inducted into The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Surprising mechanism of acid reflux damage identified by UT Southwestern/Dallas VA researchers

 

The “acid” in “acid reflux” may not be the direct cause of damage to the esophagus as previously suspected, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA Medical Center.

2016 Passano Award recognizes groundbreaking cholesterol research by geneticists Hobbs, Cohen

 

Dr. Jonathan Cohen and Dr. Helen Hobbs have been awarded one of the nation’s highest honors in biomedical science for developing and applying transformative genetics techniques to the understanding of lipid metabolism related to heart disease.

When stroke strikes at age 27

 

Kellie Whitton was eating a late-night dinner with her sister Emily at a Fort Worth sushi restaurant when her right arm suddenly went numb.

New $17 million cryo-electron microscope center provides extraordinary views of life at atomic scale

 

At one of the country’s leading academic medical centers, it just became a lot easier to take a closer look.

SWAT’s Education Week delivers messaging tips, campus events

 

At the Sixth Annual Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) Educational Symposium, Dr. Evonne Kaplan-Liss said educators need to understand that learning to “distill your message” can make a critical difference in reaching an audience.

UT Southwestern celebrates its long-serving employees

 

This special May 2016 edition of Center Times features employees who are marking 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 years of service. We thank our longstanding employees for their dedication to our educational, research, and patient care missions.

45 Years: Javier Garcia

 

When Javier Garcia joined St. Paul University Hospital 45 years ago, he thought he’d be there for a couple of years and then move on. “I was 17 and my first job was restocking supplies for Central Sterile Supply, Surgery, and the Emergency Department."