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Same-Day Clinic Streamlines Acute Care
Oncology urgent care specialists at Simmons Acute Care (SAC) provide acute care for cancer symptoms, keeping patients out of the emergency department. Learn more.
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The Sound of Silence: Cognitive Biases and Socioeconomic Barriers Leading to Delayed Diagnosis of Metastatic Cancer
This paper is a case report telling the story of a patient misdiagnosed with a psychiatric illness resulting in a delayed cancer diagnosis. We highlight the socioeconomic and systemic barriers as well as treatment biases that contributed and offer recommendations for psychiatrist to serve as advocates for their patients.
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Hippocampal subfield transcriptome analysis in schizophrenia psychosis
In this study we identify changes in gene expression between individuals with schizophrenia and healthy controls, unique to hippocampal subfields. These studies provide clues to molecular mechanism potentially important in schizophrenia studies, ideas which we are exploiting in several federal grant studies.
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Exploring Depressive Symptoms and Cancer Worries in a High-Volume Cancer Genetics Clinic: What Are the Roles of Age and Cancer Diagnosis?
This paper reports on a large-scale retrospective data analytic study that represented a collaboration between Psycho-oncology and Cancer Genetics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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How to zero in on an accurate NPH diagnosis
Whenever an older person starts having cognitive difficulties, or trouble walking, or even holding their urine, families immediately fear the diagnosis will be Alzheimer’s disease – a progressive neurologic condition that currently has no cure.
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Iron supplements provided in prenatal visits improved outcomes
Giving free prenatal iron supplements to medically underserved pregnant patients rather than only recommending them significantly reduced anemia and postpartum blood transfusions, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health report in a study published in JAMA Network Open.
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Department of Neurology research bulletin
The Department of Neurology research bulletin is updated monthly. Check back for the latest grants, awards, and high-impact publications.
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UTSW researchers identify driver of inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered an intracellular mechanism that converts protective intestinal cells into disease-driving pathogenic cells, a finding that could lead to improved treatments for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Surgical skills month training leads to higher intern scores and performance, study shows
A single-institution retrospective cohort study, published in the July/August issue of Current Orthopaedic Practice, compared orthopedic surgery interns who took the orthopedic in-training examination before and after the introduction of a surgical skills month.
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Accelerated brain aging predicts less antidepressant efficacy
UTSW study finds that brain age can be a biomarker to help determine the best treatment for depression
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Research Bulletin: Neurological Surgery
The Department of Neurological Surgery research bulletin is updated monthly. Check back for the latest grants, awards, and high-impact publications
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UTSW Q&A: Experts talk about opioid abuse, risks, treatment
Overdose deaths from opioids, including prescription painkillers and synthetics like fentanyl, continue to rise.