How can you mend a broken heart? In part, with familiar medications | Heart | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/mend-a-broken-heart/
Familiar medicines, such as beta blockers and ace inhibitors, can help mend broken heart syndrome.
Hepatocellular carcinoma kills more people in Texas than in any other state: How we can fight back | Cancer | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/hepatocellular-carcinoma/
More Texans die from hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, than people in any other state. Explore why aggressive detection and treatment of liver diseases that cause this condition are key to good outcomes.
Cardiology Chief named Circulation Editor-in-Chief | Heart | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/joseph-hill-editor-in-chief/
The Chief of UT Southwestern’s Division of Cardiology and Director of the Harry S. Moss Heart Center has been selected as Editor-in-Chief of the American Heart Association’s premier scientific journal Circulation.
Stillbirth: What we know (and don’t know) about pregnancy loss | Your Pregnancy Matters | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/stillbirth-knowns-unknowns/
Stillbirth is a tragedy that leaves lasting effects on women and their doctors. The cause is often unexplainable, but we know that certain conditions can increase the risk of stillbirth – and that the traditional technique of “kick counts” is ineffective to predict risk. Learn more.
Outreach | Cancer | UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center serves urban, suburban, and rural populations throughout the 12 counties that make up the nearly 7 million-resident Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Why lung transplant rejection is more normal – and treatable – than most think | Lungs | Transplant | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/lung-transplant-rejection/
Acute rejection of a lung transplant is surprisingly normal; 40 to 50 percent of transplant patients deal with it during the first year after surgery. Discover why UT Southwestern says these rejections are very treatable through medication at home or at the doctor’s office.
Angelina Jolie is right: Surgery is one way to reduce ovarian cancer risk | Cancer | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/ovarian-cancer-surgery/
UT Southwestern explains risk-reducing bilateral salpingo oophorectomy (rrBSO) – a preventive surgery performed for patients with elevated ovarian cancer risk at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and Moncrief Cancer Institute.
When Cancer Fights Back | Cancer | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/when-cancer-fights-back/
Breast cancer can stay in remission for many years, thanks to effective drugs like tamoxifen. But sometimes breast cancer reappears. A new drug under study at UT Southwestern holds promise for people who are facing recurrent breast cancer. Read more.
A multidisciplinary approach to care | Cancer | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/multidisciplinary-approach/
It takes a village to provide comprehensive lung cancer care.
Improve confidence and self-esteem with a mommy makeover | Plastic Surgery | UT Southwestern Medical Center
https://utswmed.org/medblog/mommy-makeover-surgery/
The mommy makeover is a combination of body contouring procedures often performed during the same surgery, leading to a single recovery and healing period that busy moms are increasingly finding desirable. Learn more.