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With knee replacement surgery becoming more common, Varatharaj Mounasamy, M.D., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center who specializes in hip and knee replacements, recommends taking off from work for a few weeks, joining a class to learn more about joint replacement, and attending physical therapy before surgery.

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.

UT Southwestern scientists may have identified a method of safely mimicking the weight-loss benefits of a plant compound that – despite its harmful side effects – hold critical answers to developing therapies for obesity.

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

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.

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.

Shelter-in-place orders to reduce the spread of COVID-19 put unusual strains on people with obesity

Recently developed MRI techniques used to more precisely target a small area in the brain linked to Parkinson’s disease.

UT Southwestern’s Complex Benign Gynecology Fellowship Program includes clinical and experiential learning and has an active research component.

Blood pressure readings taken from neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU) patients had marked differences between opposite sides of the body and different anatomical sites in each individual