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UTSW clinical trial sets stage for new paradigm in kidney cancer treatment: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/august-new-paradigm-in-kidney-cancer-treatment.html
Building upon previous work at UT Southwestern Medical Center, investigators report the results of a clinical trial exploring the role of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SAbR) for patients with a handful of metastases, or so-called oligometastatic disease.
Selfies may drive plastic surgery by distorting facial features: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/selfies-may-drive-plastic-surgery.html
Cellphone “selfies” distort facial features, an effect that may be driving an uptick in requests for plastic surgery, UT Southwestern researchers show in a new study.
UTSW study finds new pain management approach reduced opioid use after C-sections: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/new-pain-management-c-sections.html
For years, women recovering from cesarean section (C-section) deliveries have been given devices that let them, with a button, control the flow of opioid painkillers into their IV line.
UTSW genetic study confirms sarin nerve gas as cause of Gulf War illness: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/sarin-nerve-gas-gulf-war-illness.html
For three decades, scientists have debated the underlying cause of Gulf War illness (GWI), a collection of unexplained and chronic symptoms affecting veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
UTSW infectious diseases experts offer advice on second booster : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/june-predict-liver-cancer-risk.html
An estimated one-quarter of adults in the U.S. have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an excess of fat in liver cells that can cause chronic inflammation and liver damage, increasing the risk of liver cancer.
Three approved drugs can curb COVID-19 virus replication: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/three-approved-drugs-can-curb-covid-19-virus-replication.html
Three drugs that are already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or other international agencies can block the production of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in human cells.
Simmons Cancer Center, MD Anderson scientists develop artificial intelligence method to predict anti-cancer immunity: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/artificial-intelligence-method-to-predict-anti-cancer-immunity.html
Researchers and data scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed an artificial intelligence technique that can identify which cell surface peptides produced by cancer cells called neoantigens are recognized by the immune system.
Home-time metric needed to judge hospital readmissions, studies suggest : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/home-time-metric-needed-to-judge-hospital-readmissions.html
Two new studies suggest Medicare’s system of penalizing hospitals if too many patients are readmitted within 30 days should also look at whether the patients were well enough to remain in their home during that time.
How the brain remembers right place, right time: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/how-the-brain-remembers-right-place-right-time.html
Two studies led by UT Southwestern researchers shed new light on how the brain encodes time and place into memories.
Black, Hispanic, impoverished have worse survival rates among teens, adults under 40 with cancer, UTSW review shows: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/blacks-hispanics-impoverished-have-worse-cancer-survival-rates.html
Being Black or Hispanic people, living in high-poverty neighborhoods, and having Medicaid or no insurance coverage are associated with higher mortality in men and women under 40 with cancer