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UT Southwestern No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth, Best Hospital rankings show: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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UT Southwestern Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth – the nation’s fourth-largest metro area – for the sixth consecutive year and ranks among the top hospitals nationally in nine specialties ranging from brain to heart to cancer care.
Three drugs target resistant breast cancers driven by HER2 mutations
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/nov-triple-therapy-her2.html

A targeted therapy using three different drugs significantly delayed progression and extended survival for breast cancer patients whose HER2 gene is mutated.
Exercise improves memory, boosts blood flow to brain - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/exercise-improves-memory-boosts-blood-flow-to-brain.html

Scientists have collected plenty of evidence linking exercise to brain health, with some research suggesting fitness may even improve memory.
Big variability in blood pressure readings between anatomical sites: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/big-variability-in-blood-pressure-readings-between-anatomical-sites.html
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
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Missing protein helps small cell lung cancer evade immune defenses: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/missing-protein-helps-small-cell-lung-cancer.html

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells are missing a surface protein that triggers an immune response, allowing them to hide from one of the body’s key cancer defenses, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests.
Repurposed drug has promising efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2024/dec-efficacy-non-small-cell-lung-cancer.html

An FDA-approved drug used to treat multiple myeloma and lymphoma also shrank tumors in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with KRAS mutations, a clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers showed.
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern discovers tumor growth fueled by nucleotide salvage: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2024/july-childrens-ut-tumor-growth-nucleotide-salvage.html

Cancer cells salvage purine nucleotides to fuel tumor growth, including purines in foods we eat, an important discovery with implications for cancer therapies from research by Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern published in Cell.
Scientists identify source of weight gain from antipsychotics: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/scientists-identify-source-of-weight-gain-from-antipsychotics.html

Scientists with UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute have identified the molecular mechanism that can cause weight gain for those using a common antipsychotic medication.
UTSW study finds potential strategy for fighting obesity: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
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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.