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Why the dose matters: Study shows that levels of drug in body correlate to ability to shrink tumors: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/why-the-dose-matters.html
When used to manage infections, the drug itraconazole is generally given at a single, fixed dose to all patients.
Researchers show how mutations in DNA packaging machines cause cancer: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/dna-mutations-cancer.html
Like wrenches made of Legos, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes tighten or loosen DNA in our cells to control how genes are turned on and made into proteins.
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.
UTSW COVID-19 model predicts surge in advance of Fourth of July holiday: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/model-predicts-surge.html
Revised DFW model shows a dramatic spike in DFW hospitalizations related to COVID, predicting a potential 20% surge over the next two weeks.
Better measure of 'good cholesterol' can gauge heart attack and stroke risk in some populations: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/good-cholesterol.html
People with higher HDL cholesterol levels tend to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease.
New technique retains nipple color in men after breast reduction: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/nipple-color.html
Surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center have pioneered a new technique that prevents nipple discoloration and preserves shape in men who undergo breast reduction surgery following significant weight loss.
Need to check patient's jugular venous pressure? There's an app for that : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/jugular-venous-pressure.html
A new report from cardiologists at UT Southwestern raises the hope that doctors will be able to visually check the jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients remotely, using the camera on a smartphone.
UTSW study finds Hispanic people receive lower-quality thrombectomies than white people: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/lower-quality-thrombectomies.html
A study by UT Southwestern neurology researchers found that Hispanic people have lower-quality outcomes than white people among ischemic stroke patients who receive endovascular thrombectomies. Racial disparities were not found between Black and white patients.
Scientists find first in human evidence of how memories form: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/how-memories-form.html
UT Southwestern researchers have identified the characteristics of more than 100 memory-sensitive neurons that play a central role in how memories are recalled in the brain.
Study offers insight into management of patients who have interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/july-interstitial-pneumonia.html
Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) is a disease with many possible causes and no standard of care, making it particularly difficult to treat. While immunosuppressant drugs are primarily prescribed, they don’t work for all patients.