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Patients’ satisfaction with their physicians may influence their decisions to undergo bariatric surgery, according to a multicenter study.

A faulty gene, rather than a faulty diet, may explain why some people gain excessive weight even when they don’t eat more than others.

New research from pediatricians at UT Southwestern and Children's Health reveals the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children.

Millions of children have food allergies, many of which can cause severe illness or death. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of researchers, including those from UT Southwestern, shows in a phase three clinical trial that an antibody-based therapy called omalizumab may inhibit food allergy reactions when delivered repeatedly over time.

James Collins III, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, will receive the 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Biological Sciences from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) for broadening understanding of schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic worms that infect hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, including children.

Patients considering LASIK vision correction surgery should consider the risks as well as benefits and see a doctor who can assess whether they are a good candidate for the procedure, according to an ophthalmologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Editing a gene that prompts a cascade of damage after a heart attack appeared to reverse this inevitable course in mice, leaving their hearts remarkably unharmed, a new study by UT Southwestern scientists showed.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other rheumatic conditions are more at risk for complications and death from pneumonia, meningitis, and other bacterial infections, yet most have not been vaccinated against infection.

Nearly 100% of UT Southwestern Medical School students matched to residency programs – well above the national average of 94%.

UT Southwestern sleep researcher Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discovery of the cause of narcolepsy.