Combo diabetes treatment amplifies effectiveness, improves medication adherence: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/combo-diabetes-treatment.html

A once-daily combination treatment for those with uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes amplifies the treatment’s effects – lowering both weight and the number of hypoglycemic events, and improving quality of life and glucose control ¬– and makes participants more likely to adhere to their medications.
Scientists on cusp of solving genetic diseases by snipping defective DNA: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/cutting-edge.html

Geneticists have adapted CRISPR technology to correct Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations (DMD).
Retired NFL players help scientists uncover complexities behind brain disorders: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/finding-the-truth.html

Among the latest examples, a UT Southwestern study of retired NFL players published this spring showed no significant association between the length of their careers, the number of concussions they sustained, and their cognitive function later in life. Other research has found comparable results in
‘I’m brave!’: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/jojo-brave.html

Mrs. Hann’s optimism stems from advancements being made by a gene therapy program at UT Southwestern Medical Center where leading experts are engineering innovative treatments for some of the world’s rarest neurological diseases.
Space research helps patients on Earth with low blood pressure condition: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/bp-in-space.html

Researchers are publishing heart-related space research that helps us to understand the problem of low blood pressure.
Researchers find evidence a cancer drug may be extended to many more patients: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/cancer-drug-extended-to-more-patients.html

Drugs currently used to treat less than 10 percent of breast cancer patients could have broader effectiveness in treating ovarian and prostate cancers.
JAMA study: How stroke patients can best control blood sugar: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/stroke-patients-blood-sugar.html

Aggressive methods for reducing high blood sugar following a severe stroke are not more effective than standard, lower risk treatments, according to a new study that offers clarity to a long-debated issue in stroke care.
Revised clinical trial rules during COVID-19 pandemic may benefit patients, survey shows: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/revised-clinical-trial-rules-during-covid-19.html

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to new rules and expectations for clinical trials.
Seeing corneal degeneration in a new light: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/seeing-corneal-degeneration-in-a-new-light.html

The molecular changes that lead to Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) occur decades before the disease causes blurry vision and other noticeable symptoms in patients.
Stomach issues, history of substance abuse found in teen vaping study: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/teen-vaping-study.html

A study of teens diagnosed with the vaping-linked respiratory disease EVALI revealed that most also had gastrointestinal symptoms and a history of psychosocial factors, including substance abuse.