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All that texting and scrolling leads to a rise in ‘tech neck’: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/february-tech-neck.html
Technology can be a pain in the neck, leading to what’s known as “tech neck,” chronic pain that results from prolonged use of mobile phones, tablets, and other electronic devices.
Kenneth Altshuler, M.D., who led UT Southwestern department of psychiatry for 23 years, dies at 91 : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2021/altshuler-psychiatry.html
Kenneth Altshuler, M.D., a professor emeritus and longtime chair of psychiatry at UT Southwestern who helped to advance mental health causes in Dallas, died Jan. 6. He was 91.
More than 97% of UT Southwestern medical students match to residency programs nationally, across Texas : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/match-day.html
More than 200 UT Southwestern medical students matched to more than 80 programs across the nation, including Harvard, Yale, and Johns Hopkins, as well as a dozen medical programs across Texas.
UT Southwestern expands primary care to Moncrief Medical Center for Tarrant and surrounding western counties : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/moncrief-primary-care.html
To meet growing demand for primary and preventive health care in Fort Worth, Tarrant and surrounding counties, UT Southwestern Medical Center has launched a new primary care clinic in the UT Southwestern Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth.
Biomarkers linked to side effects from cancer immunotherapy
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/sept-immunotherapy-biomarkers.html
A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists has identified early signals from the immune system that could help predict which cancer patients are most likely to develop harmful side effects from immunotherapy.
‘Timekeeper’ shapes body’s infection defenses, UTSW study finds
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/sept-adrenaline-receptor.html
A newly discovered “timekeeper” for fighting infections dramatically shapes the body’s immune defenses.
Study reveals biomarker for high risk of metastasis: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/jan-biomarker-for-high-risk-of-metastasis.html
A team led by UT Southwestern scientists has discovered a mechanism that promotes metastasis in pancreatic, breast, and potentially other cancers along with a new druggable therapeutic target based on this mechanism to block metastases.
Cryo-EM technology reveals how vitamin K works in the body : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/feb-cryo-em-technology-vitamin-k.html
Using a powerful microscopy technique, a team led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has gained insights into how the body uses vitamin K, an essential nutrient that plays a pivotal role in blood clotting and other physiological functions.
Popular diabetes/weight-loss drugs show additional benefit : Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/feb-diabetes-weight-loss-drugs.html
A well-known class of drugs used to manage Type 2 diabetes and control weight could offer hope for patients who also struggle with related chronic kidney disease (CKD), researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.
Study links female sex hormones to progression of eye disease: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2025/july-female-sex-hormones-eye-disease.html
Female sex hormones can significantly enhance the progression of the rare neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), according to a preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The findings, published in Science Advances, may lead to therapeutics to slow