Measles is a highly contagious viral infection that can cause serious health problems. The good news: Two doses of the vaccine developed in the 1960s are 97% effective in protecting you from getting infected, and that protection lasts a lifetime.
One of the latest neuromodulation therapies available at UTSW鈥檚 Peter O鈥橠onnell Jr. Brain Institute is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This therapy uses external magnets and coils to depolarize affected neurons, 鈥渞esetting鈥� the connected networks to restore normal function.
A multidisciplinary team of UT Southwestern Medical Center specialists, led by Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., has received a grant worth up to $5 million from the Raynor Cerebellum Project to develop neuromodulation therapies for patients with cerebellar disorders of the brain.
Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the biology of these tissues is critical to developing new treatments for the disease, found mostly in tropical countries.
An emotional overattachment to social media may be associated with increased severity of mental health symptoms among young people being treated for depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Cheers abounded as 222 UT Southwestern students, surrounded by friends and family, proudly showed off their matches with more than 80 residency programs across the U.S. After graduating in May, they will be heading to prestigious hospitals across the country, including Massachusetts General, Johns Hopkins, UCSF, and Northwestern.
While cigarette smoking rates have plummeted from nearly 50% of adults in the 1960s to just under 12% in 2022, people use other tobacco products at about the same rate as they always have.
A protein called angiopoietin-2 (ANGPT2) can both inhibit and encourage blood vessel changes critical for sepsis, a leading cause of hospital deaths worldwide, a new study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.
A clot-busting drug recently approved to treat acute ischemic strokes (AIS) that can be delivered quickly works as well as a decades-old medication used by most hospitals in the U.S. and could hold significant advantages for some patients, a study led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher shows. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, could encourage more hospitals to use the newer drug, tenecteplase.
A new 鈥渟elf-driving鈥� microscope developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers solves two fundamental challenges that have long plagued microscopy: first, imaging living cells or organisms at dramatically different scales, and second, following a specific structure or area of interest over long periods of time.
High-protein diets and protein-enriched foods seem to be everywhere we turn. It鈥檚 a nutrition trend with a refreshingly positive vibe. Unlike carbohydrates and fats, protein is the only one of the three macronutrients that doesn鈥檛 get vilified 鈥� instead of cutting back, we鈥檙e encouraged to boost our intake!
While randomized comparative trials are needed, a relatively new treatment option for upper urinary tract cancers shows promise for lowering long-term recurrence in many patients with low-grade disease, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Repeated sessions of electrical stimulation to brain networks associated with memory improved verbal learning in some Alzheimer鈥檚 disease patients for up to eight weeks in a preliminary trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.
Using a powerful microscopy technique, a team led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has gained insights into how the body uses vitamin K, an essential nutrient that plays a pivotal role in blood clotting and other physiological functions.
A molecule called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) rose significantly in the blood of patients who underwent high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), a procedure that is used to treat tremors and causes damage similar to a small stroke, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists discovered in a new study. Their findings, published in Brain Communications, reveal a potential biomarker for stroke and could eventually lead to blood tests that quickly diagnose brain injuries.
A minimally invasive procedure called laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) provides patients an alternative to a traditional open craniotomy. LITT offers effective, and in some cases curative, results 鈥� with significantly shorter recovery and a lower risk of complications and side effects than with open craniotomies.
A UT Southwestern Medical Center quality improvement team led a large-scale, multispecialty project in partnership with the Parkland Center of Innovation and Value to help patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) better understand their devices and make choices about their care. T
Multidrug resistance in cancer can be overcome by combining a drug that blocks a key enzyme with another anticancer drug, according to a study in preclinical models led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The findings, published in Science Advances, could have implications for patients with certain cancers that have KRAS-G12C mutations after resistance to drug therapy develops.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have linked blindness in animal models to a brain-wide cellular stress response that鈥檚 a common risk factor for dementia. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, could help explain the connection between vision or hearing loss and dementia.
For patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), frequent and sometimes intense nosebleeds are a regular occurrence. HHT, also called Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is a genetic bleeding disorder that causes abnormal development of capillaries, the tiny vessels that connect our arteries and veins.
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