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As weight-loss drugs capture the public’s imagination, UTSW and its Nutrition Obesity Research Center are uniquely positioned to lead the way in discovery, education, and community outreach.

UT Southwestern Medical School’s Class of 2026 crowded inside the Bryan Williams, M.D. Student Center gymnasium for the time-honored tradition of National Match Day. At precisely 11 a.m., the soon-to-be graduates – along with thousands of other medical students nationwide – tore open the envelopes revealing where they will begin the next phase of their training as resident physicians.

Hundreds of novel genetic variants across an ancestrally diverse cohort of 195 families, including 222 people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), have been identified by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, expanding the catalog of known mutations associated with ASD.

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are at an increased risk of infection and infection-related hospitalizations, but a study published in Neurology found that being infected with COVID-19 did not significantly affect the course of the disease.

UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Simulation Center, which marks its fifth anniversary this year, is one of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the nation.

Catherine Spong, M.D., Chair and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in recognition of her significant impact on the field of maternal-fetal medicine, her leadership in women’s health research, and her dedication to advancing health care for mothers and babies.

Children who had preexisting health problems or who lived in the Southern United States had a higher risk for severe health outcomes from acute COVID-19 infections, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Giving free prenatal iron supplements to medically underserved pregnant patients rather than only recommending them significantly reduced anemia and postpartum blood transfusions.

The holiday season is a time for celebration, but too much celebrating can be bad for your health.

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP), a rare neurological condition causing limbs to go limp, may be an underrecognized cause of paralysis in young Hispanic men, a review of data by UT Southwestern endocrinologists shows.