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High-tech Texas hospitals see fewer complications, lower costs, researcher finds
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Texas hospitals using health information technologies had fewer complications, lower mortality rates and lower costs, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
Researchers find pathway and enzyme unique to tularemia organism
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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Researchers are closer to developing therapies to combat the deadly tularemia infection, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' online Early Edition.
Study finds link between amphetamine abuse and heart attacks in young adults
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Young adults who abuse amphetamines may be at greater risk of suffering a heart attack, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Infectious skin disease found in Texas
Sep 16, 2007 |
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Texas doctors have identified nine cases of the skin disease leishmaniasis in patients who have not traveled to endemic areas.
New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.
Dallas area cornea shortages could benefit from national study
Apr 01, 2008 |
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Surgeons and patients from UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Southwestern Transplant Services Center joined in a landmark study showing that corneas from older donors are as successful for transplants after five years ...
Dermatologists identify North Texas leishmaniasis outbreak
Sep 14, 2007 |
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A team of dermatologists and dermatopathologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified nine North Texas cases of an infectious skin disease common in South America, Mexico and in the Middle East, where it is sometimes ...
Supplementing babies' formula with DHA boosts cognitive development
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Research has shown that children who were breast fed as infants have superior cognitive skills compared to those fed infant formula, and it's thought that this is due to an essential fatty acid in breast milk called docosahexaenoic ...
Despite size, NFL players not more likely to develop heart disease, even after retirement
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Former professional football players with large bodies don't appear to have the same risk factors for heart disease as their non-athletic counterparts, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found in studying a group ...
Certain cancers more common among HIV patients than non-HIV patients
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that non-AIDS-defining malignancies such as anal and lung cancer have become more prevalent among HIV-infected patients than non-HIV patients since ...
Minimally invasive surgery removes sinus tumor without facial disfiguration
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Only about one in 2,000 people in the United States get a sinus tumor, but Johnnie Wilcox was one of the unfortunate few.
Children in non-English-speaking households face many health disparities, researcher concludes
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Children in U.S. households where English is not the primary language experience multiple disparities in health care, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
Controlling key enzyme in brain offers clue for future obesity treatment
Dec 15, 2009 |
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The Sirt1 enzyme in the body has generated enormous attention as a possible secret to living longer. Some scientists believe that fasting and drinking wine appear to aid in this quest because both likely activate ...
Researchers advance vaccine against Valley fever
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Medical mycologists in The South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and the Department of Biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have significantly advanced the fight against San Joaquin ...
Starvation hormone makes for small mice
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Chronically high levels of a recently discovered starvation hormone markedly stunt the growth of mice, reveals a new study in the July issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. The liver-produced hormone known ...
