Search

UT Southwestern shares his expertise on the common conditions that contribute to chronic wounds. Find out about the treatments that can improve your quality of life.

Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) can help patients with advanced heart failure live longer and give them a better quality of life. UT Southwestern answers four common questions he gets from patients about LVADs.

Gestational surrogacy requires a considerable emotional, financial, and legal investment. UT Southwestern discusses the process from a doctor's point of view.

Stereotactic ablative therapy (SABR) has proven effective in treating many types of primary tumors. UT Southwestern discusses how SABR might improve survival rates for patients with metastatic cancer.

When acute liver failure strikes, it’s like a bolt of lightning. Tina Bartolucci knows the reality of this all too well. She had what felt like a cold and a day later she was rushed to UT Southwestern in need of a liver transplant. By the grace of an unnamed donor and the rapid response by the UT Southwestern transplant doctors, Tina survived the fight of her life.

One of the most powerful health risks facing all of us in 2019 – and in the foreseeable future – is the proliferation of medical misinformation. Every day, it spreads across the internet through platforms like Google, Facebook, YouTube and other social media, and patients end up making health decisions – sometimes life and death decisions – based on faulty and flat-out incorrect material. UT Southwestern offers some solutions to root out the fake news.

LASIK is the most common corneal refractive surgery, but it’s not the only vision correction surgery option. In this MedBlog, explore other procedures that reshape the cornea and learn what to expect during and after surgery.

All women deserve safe, effective birth control should they want it. UT Southwestern talks about how we can improve access to contraception while keeping women safe and healthy.

Ultrasound can be a powerful tool in diagnosing sports injuries quickly, with zero radiation exposure and lower medical cost. In this MedBlog, UT Southwestern discusses these potential benefits and more. Read now.

Obesity is one of the main causes of high blood pressure, although the connection has not been well understood. But UT Southwestern recently discovered that changes in our sugar molecules might be the missing link – and a supplement might help break the link. Learn more.