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UT Southwestern brings expertise in high-risk pregnancy management to Plano | Your Pregnancy Matters | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/pregnancy-management-plano/
The UT Southwestern Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic at Children’s Health Plano offers a full range of diagnostic and treatment services for expectant mothers and for women contemplating pregnancy who are concerned about their health and the health of their unborn child.
5 exercises and techniques to train for childbirth | Your Pregnancy Matters | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/prepare-body-labor-delivery/
Pregnancy, labor, and delivery is like a marathon. It requires training. Our physical therapists discuss exercises to prepare the body.
What women need to know about thyroid conditions | Your Pregnancy Matters | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/thyroid-women/
What women should know about thyroid disease symptoms, how thyroid problems affect family planning, and how to take thyroid medication correctly.
Patient benefits from neoadjuvant breast cancer clinical trials | Cancer | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/clinical-trial-early-breast-cancer/
Breast cancer clinical trials are not experiments. Rather, they are options for women with breast cancer to receive the gold standard of cancer care paired with advanced therapies that can greatly improve their outcomes.
Iron Man contender uses exercise to beat heart disease odds | Heart | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/iron-man-contender-beats-disease/
Jack Baum was only 2 years old when his father died of a heart attack. His father was only in his 30s – one of a long line of family members who passed away at an early age. Baum was determined to break that family tradition.
Influenza hammers Dallas County: What Texans need to know | Prevention | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/influenza-dallas-county/
As influenza A cases rise in Dallas County, it’s important to protect yourself and your family from infection. Find tips to avoid the flu and current information about vaccine recommendations.
Landmark research might change how we treat AFib in heart failure patients | Heart | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/catheter-ablation-afib-heart-failure/
A landmark study might change the way we treat patients that have both heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Cardiac catheter ablation therapy might benefit thousands of patients by providing better symptom management, higher quality of life, and improved survival rates.
Amy Velderman lives a life of miracles | Heart | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/amy-lives-life-of-miracles/
Amy Velderman lives a life of miracles. She was born with a congenital heart defect in 1960, when heart surgery was not an option for babies. “At first they told my parents that I’d probably die before I was a year old,” she says. “Then they said I’d probably die before I reached school age.”
It’s the climb: Blood pressure management propels one man’s reach for the top | Heart | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/blood-pressure-reach-for-top/
It wasn’t long into Nagrath’s climbing career that he set his sites on the base camp of Mt. Everest. His only barrier was how to handle his blood pressure, especially at extreme altitude.
Dr. Elizabeth Maher: Through the Lens of 2HG | Brain | Discovery | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/dr-elizabeth-maher-through-lens-2hg/
The brain is like a black box; the answers are in there, but getting to them and deciphering their precious codes are monumental tasks. It’s this type of thinking that ultimately led UT Southwestern to groundbreaking advancements in neuro-oncology research.