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Medicine Minute News Highlights - June 23, 2026, Internal Medicine News, UT Southwestern, Dallas TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/internal-medicine/who-we-are/news-portal/medicine-minute/260623-medicine-minute.html
La Hoz Named ISDA Featured Educator | Dominguez is Parkland's Unsung Physician of the Month | VanWagner Expands Role in Resident Research
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Graduated Fellows – UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/pediatrics/divisions/infectious-disease/education/fellowship/graduated-fellows.html
See who has graduated from UT Southwestern’s Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Program.
UTSW Research: Kidney stones, cancer diagnoses, and brain injury
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2026/april-kidney-stones-cancer-diagnoses-brain-injury.html
About 1 in 11 people in the U.S. experience urinary stone disease – more commonly known as kidney stones – according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Increasing fluid intake has long been recommended to decrease the risk of recurrence in those who develop this painful condition. However, studies have shown that maintaining high fluid intake can be difficult.
Obesity patients report health challenges during shelter in place: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/obesity-patients-report-health-challenges-during-shelter-in-place.html
Shelter-in-place orders to reduce the spread of COVID-19 put unusual strains on people with obesity
Happiness might protect you from gastrointestinal distress!: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/happiness-might-protect-you-from-gastrointestinal-distress.html
Serotonin, a chemical known for its role in producing feelings of well-being and happiness in the brain, can reduce the ability of some intestinal pathogens to cause deadly infections
Ticking time bomb: Malaria parasite has its own inherent clock: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/malaria-parasite-has-its-own-inherent-clock.html
The activity of the parasite that causes malaria is driven by the parasite’s own inherent clock.
Drug combination fights resistance to lung cancer treatment - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/drug-combination-fights-resistance-to-lung-cancer-treatment.html
A new drug combination discovered by the UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center may extend the effectiveness of a lung cancer treatment
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.
Aspirin use best for those with high coronary calcium, low risk of bleeding : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/aspirin-use-best-for-those-with-high-coronary-calcium.html
An X-ray test commonly used to assess hardening of the arteries could help doctors decide whether the benefits of taking aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke outweigh the risks of bleeding from its use, UT Southwestern research suggests.
Triple negative breast cancer meets its match: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/triple-negative-breast-cancer-meets-its-match.html
One member of a larger family of oxygen sensing enzymes could offer a viable target for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), UTSW researchers report in a new study.