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‘Heart in a box’ technology expands transplant capabilities
When a patient needs a heart transplant, time is of the essence. Two innovative technologies – one hot, one cold – can now keep the heart perfused outside the body, extending the organ’s viability for longer transports and expanding the pool of donor hearts.
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Preoperative immunotherapy could enhance breast cancer cure rates
Clinical trial shows new therapy holds promise for patients with subtype carrying high risk for metastasis
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Study reveals cellular recycling process key to human health
UTSW-led research team uses cryo-EM to show how protein receptors return to a cell’s surface
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Diagnosis Of Rare Cancer Led To Lifesaving Surgery and Access to Clinical Trial Treatment at UT Southwestern
With the expertise of Jayanthi Lea, M.D., a patient with low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma is now in remission.
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Shorter, safer protocol effectively treats triple-negative breast cancer
Adding radiation at start of treatment regimen produced results similar to current standard of care with fewer toxic side effects
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UTSW joins effort to create early screening for dementia
Ten U.S. health systems selected to develop programs to detect Alzheimer’s, other cognitive impairments
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Mood disorders drive feelings of cognitive decline in former college athletes
UT Southwestern study finds emotional health outweighs concussion history in shaping perceptions of impairment
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UTSW Research: COVID-19’s effects, brain-computer interfaces, and more
Studies investigate virus’s low risk for people with MS, a lifeline for paralysis patients, brain protein receptors, and mRNA links to cancer
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Experimental depression treatment preserves cognitive function
Magnetic seizure therapy delivers results similar to electroconvulsive therapy without the side effects, UTSW researchers report
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Lifesaving spinal fusion repairs toddler’s atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD)
Her two children were transported to Children’s Medical Center Dallas, a Level 1 trauma center where UT Southwestern pediatric neurosurgeon Bruno Braga, M.D., would not only save her son’s life but also give him a chance to once again become king of the playground.
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Hyperbaric healing: The power of precise oxygen therapy
Hyperbaric chambers are probably best known for their use in treating divers suffering from the bends – aka decompression sickness – but through these sophisticated machines we can provide healing properties for a much wider range of conditions, if the correct treatment protocols are applied.
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Boundaries, respect keys to political discussions with family
Cameron W. Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, advises patients to set personal boundaries and identify “hot” and “cold” topics to steer clear of potentially hostile conversations.