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2020 Article Archive

National study in children, adults weighs effectiveness of three anti-seizure drugs

 

Three anticonvulsant drugs commonly used to stop prolonged, potentially deadly seizures each work equally well, according to a national study involving physicians at UT Southwestern.

Children's Health, UT Southwestern announce expansion in southern Dallas at RedBird

 

Children's HealthSM, the leading pediatric health care provider in North Texas, and UT Southwestern Medical Center announce their first joint pediatric enterprise initiative at the Reimagine RedBird development to broaden access in southern Dallas to the region’s top pediatric care.

Breastfeeding's legacy may protect against diabetes

 

Breastfeeding secures delivery of sugar and fat for milk production by changing the insulin sensitivity of organs that supply or demand these nutrients, a new study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests.

Finding a way to STING tumor growth

 

UT Southwestern scientists have revealed that STING also activates a separate pathway, one that directly kills tumor-fighting immune cells.

Mother transmitted COVID-19 to baby during pregnancy, UTSW physicians report

 

A pregnant mother who tested positive for COVID-19 transmitted the virus causing the disease to her prematurely born baby, UT Southwestern physicians report. Both were treated and recovered.

UT Southwestern announces open enrollment for at-home COLCORONA clinical trial

 

UT Southwestern Medical Center is the first facility in Dallas and the surrounding region to participate in the international COLCORONA trial.

The secret of lymph: How lymph nodes help cancer cells spread

 

For decades, physicians have known that many kinds of cancer cells often spread first to lymph nodes before traveling to distant organs through the bloodstream.

Inappropriate disclosure to vendor announced

 

UT Southwestern Medical Center has informed affected patients of an inappropriate disclosure of their email addresses through use of a third-party vendor.

Escape artists: How Vibrio bacteria break out of cells

 

UT Southwestern scientists have discovered the surprising route that V. parahaemolyticus takes during this exit – or egress – from cells.

Scan for arterial plaque is better at predicting heart attack than stroke

 

The amount of calcified plaque in the heart’s arteries is a better predictor of future heart attacks than of strokes, with similar findings across sex and racial groups, according to new research from UT Southwestern.