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Patients with Family History of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Should be Screened by 55
Patients with a family history of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of permanent vision loss in those older than 60, should visit an ophthalmologist by age 55 to be screened for signs of the disease, advises an expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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What Dawson’s Fingers Can Reveal About Multiple Sclerosis
Health Central, an online resource for patients with chronic or serious medical conditions, talked with Anjali Shah, M.D., director of the neurorehabilitation program in the UT Southwestern Clinical Center for Multiple Sclerosis, about an MS indicator called “Dawson’s fingers.” Dr. Shah explains the role that these brain lesions play in diagnosing MS.
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Black and Hispanic people in U.S. less likely to get treatment for stroke complications
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident, Dr. Kent Simmonds, won the International Stroke Conference '23 Stroke Rehabilitation Award for his research on racial disparities in the treatment of acute stroke patients.
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Characterizing Lewy Pathology in 231 Essential Tremor (ET) Brains From the ET Centralized Brain Repository
The Essential Tremor Centralized Brain Repository is the largest repository of prospectively collected essential tremor (ET) brains (n = 231).
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UT Southwestern: A global leader in robotic pancreas surgery
Traditionally performed through a large incision, at UT Southwestern our pancreatic cancer surgeons have specialized in robotic-assisted Whipple surgery, a more precise approach through smaller incisions that has been proven to benefit patients with faster recovery times, less pain, less use of pain medication, and prompter return to work. It has also been shown to have comparable cancer treatment results with lower rates of complications and transfusions than the open surgery.
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Hospital Systems Can Bridge The Gap In Postpartum Coverage
Recent guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services makes it easier for states to extend Medicaid coverage for pregnant women beyond the required 60 days after giving birth to a full year
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How Can We Prevent Pregnancy-Related Deaths?
Interventions before and after birth can reduce the rising maternal mortality ratio.
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Prioritizing Mental Health Care in Patients with Epilepsy
More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates, the Greek physician and “father of medicine,” wrote about the relationship between depression and epilepsy – and how that relationship goes both ways.
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The Rise of Maternal Mortality in the United States
Maternal mortality has long been regarded as a reflection of how important a population considers women and children to be.
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UT Southwestern scientists discover agent that reverses effects of intoxication
A shot of a liver-produced hormone called FGF21 sobered up mice that had passed out from alcohol, allowing them to regain consciousness and coordination much faster than those that didn’t receive this treatment, UT Southwestern researchers report in a new study.
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Response to Hormone Therapy Predicts Radiation Resistance in ER+ Breast Cancer
How estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer responds to hormone therapy may hold keys to understanding how it will respond to radiation therapy, and an experimental drug that increases the effectiveness of hormone therapy also overcomes radiation resistance in breast cancer, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.
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O'Donnell Brain Institute’s Aviation Neurology Program Ensures Top-flight Pilot Performance
Alison Leston, M.D., Ph.D., Section Head of General Neurology and Headache at UT Southwestern, has led institutional efforts to support aviation medicine and cares for numerous pilots assisting their need to meet federal health requirements for flying.