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Released: 6-Dec-2017 11:05 AM EST
CLOCK Gene May Hold Answers to Human Brain Evolution
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A gene controlling our biological clocks plays a vital role in regulating human-specific genes important to brain evolution. The findings from the O’Donnell Brain Institute open new paths of research into how CLOCK proteins produced by the CLOCK gene affect brain function and the processes by which neurons find their proper place in the brain.

Released: 6-Dec-2017 11:05 AM EST
Nobel Prize: Circadian Rhythm Field Poised for Medical Advances
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The field of circadian rhythms is being recognized with a Nobel Prize this year for the discovery of a fruit fly gene controlling the biological clock. But a series of more recent advancements – notably the first circadian gene in mammals discovered by UT Southwestern’s Dr. Joseph S. Takahashi – have elevated the research beyond flies and positioned scientists to unlock many of the mysteries of human health and behavior.

Released: 5-Dec-2017 10:05 AM EST
UTSW Researchers Identify Possible New Way to Treat Parasitic Infections
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a chemical that suppresses the lethal form of a parasitic infection caused by roundworms that affects up to 100 million people and usually causes only mild symptoms.

Released: 1-Dec-2017 2:05 PM EST
FSMB Calls for Improved Information Sharing Between VA and State Medical Boards
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) testified before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, on the issue of “Examining VA’s Failure to Address Provider Quality and Safety Concerns.” Members of the committee called for the hearing after a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that in an audit of five VA medical facilities, eight of nine providers who had adverse privileging actions were never reported to the NPDB or state medical boards.

Released: 29-Nov-2017 2:05 PM EST
Researchers Devise Improved Gene-Editing Process for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Regenerative medicine researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center developed an improved and simplified gene-editing technique using CRISPR/Cas9 tools to correct a common mutation that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Released: 28-Nov-2017 5:05 PM EST
UTSW Scientists Take Early Step to Personalized Breast Cancer Care
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a method to map protein changes that occur in different subtypes of breast cancer cells in response to DNA damage from a new class of chemotherapy drugs.

Released: 27-Nov-2017 5:05 PM EST
Critical Link Between Obesity and Diabetes Identified
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern researchers have identified a major mechanism by which obesity causes type 2 diabetes, which is a common complication of being overweight that afflicts more than 30 million Americans and over 400 million people worldwide.

Released: 22-Nov-2017 3:05 PM EST
Southwestern Health Resources ACN Ranked No. 7with Millions Saved, Quality Measures Above 95%
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network (ACN) has saved the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) more than $73 million over the past three years, including nearly $37.3 million in 2016, while maintaining a Quality Score over 95 percent, according to the latest figures. The savings rank the Southwestern Health Resources ACN No. 7 in the nation.

Released: 22-Nov-2017 11:05 AM EST
Study Questions Exclusion of Cancer Survivors From Trials
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A quarter of newly diagnosed cancer patients 65 or older are survivors who had a prior cancer – often preventing them from participating in clinical trials, researchers from UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center have found.

Released: 22-Nov-2017 11:05 AM EST
More Not Necessarily Better with Heart Valve Operations
UT Southwestern Medical Center

New research by UT Southwestern cardiologists counters long-held beliefs that hospitals performing greater numbers of heart valve surgeries have better outcomes.

Released: 17-Nov-2017 3:05 PM EST
Deletion of a Stem Cell Factor Promotes TBI Recovery in Mice
UT Southwestern Medical Center

esearchers found that conditional deletion of Sox2 – the gene encoding the SOX2 stem cell transcription factor – and the associated dampening of astrocyte reactivity appear to promote functional recovery, including behavioral recovery, after traumatic brain injury, said Dr. Zhang, a W.W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research.

Released: 15-Nov-2017 5:05 PM EST
Uninsured Heart Attack, Stroke Patients Face ‘Catastrophic’ Costs
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Heart attack and stroke patients without medical insurance face “devastating” health care costs that can bankrupt them, research from UT Southwestern and other centers shows.

Released: 14-Nov-2017 2:35 PM EST
Hong Named THR Clinical Scholar
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Arthur Hong, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Sciences at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been selected as recipient of the Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholar Award for his research into how to improve the cost, quality, and delivery of health care.

Released: 13-Nov-2017 1:05 PM EST
O’Donnell Brain Institute Joins Global Effort to Map Human Cells
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern’s O’Donnell Brain Institute will help in an international effort to map and characterize all the cells in the human body, an ambitious project aimed at gaining insight into how cellular changes can cause disease.

Released: 9-Nov-2017 2:50 PM EST
Study: Former NFL Players More Likely to Have Enlarged Aortas
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Former NFL players were more likely to have enlarged aortas, but further study is needed to determine whether that puts them at greater risk for life-threatening aneurysms, researchers found.

Released: 8-Nov-2017 12:05 PM EST
Baylor Scott & White Health Strengthens Executive Leadership Team with New Hire and Promotions
Baylor Scott and White Health

Baylor Scott & White Health – the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas — announced several key additions to its executive leadership team. All four women bring a wealth of experience to their new positions and will play vital roles in shaping the strategic future of the system.

Released: 6-Nov-2017 12:05 PM EST
Depressed with a Chronic Disease? Consider Alternative Therapies
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists are finding more evidence that commonly prescribed antidepressants aren’t effective in people battling both depression and a chronic medical disease, raising a critical question of whether doctors should enact widespread changes in how they treat millions of depressed Americans.

Released: 3-Nov-2017 3:40 PM EDT
Standard Antidepressant May Not Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A clinical trial involving hundreds of participants has shown that one of the most frequently prescribed antidepressants may not benefit millions of patients who also have chronic kidney disease.

Released: 1-Nov-2017 5:05 PM EDT
UTSW Surgical Specialty Nurse Honored as Nurse of the Year
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center Surgical Specialty Nurse Dawn Brown has been named Nurse of the Year for her innovative solutions and effective management of patients.

Released: 1-Nov-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Study: Autism Treatments May Restore Brain Connections
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists have identified a pair of treatments that may restore brain function to autism patients who lack a gene critical to maintaining connections between neurons, according to a study from the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Released: 25-Oct-2017 4:55 PM EDT
Trumpeter with Transplanted Lungs Lives Out His Dream with Mavs
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Tim Ervin drew in a deep breath and flawlessly performed the National Anthem before an 18,000-plus crowd at the Dallas Mavericks game – fulfilling a lifelong dream that almost never came true.

Released: 20-Oct-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Risk Factors for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Identified
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A new study from UT Southwestern suggests that more people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy could live longer by identifying and more aggressively treating patients with certain risk factors.

Released: 16-Oct-2017 3:50 PM EDT
Dr. Bell Receives National Award for Advancing Rehab Field
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Kathleen Bell has received the 2017 Frank H. Krusen, MD, Lifetime Achievement Award for advancing research and clinical care in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Released: 12-Oct-2017 5:05 PM EDT
First Atomic Structure From UTSW’s Cryo-EM Facility
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers today published a 3-D atomic structure of the ion channel found in mammals that is implicated in a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease in humans.

   
Released: 11-Oct-2017 11:05 AM EDT
UTSW/THR Study Investigates Fitness of Obese Children
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A study underway at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine is investigating the respiratory effects of obesity in children, including obese children who may be misdiagnosed with asthma.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:20 PM EDT
CRI Study Challenges Long-Standing Concept in Cancer Metabolism
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that lactate provides a fuel for growing tumors, challenging a nearly century-old observation known as the Warburg effect.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Good-Guy Bacteria May Help Cancer Immunotherapies Do Their Job
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Individuals with certain types of bacteria in their gut may be more likely to respond well to cancer immunotherapy, researchers at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center found in a study of patients with metastatic melanoma.

Released: 4-Oct-2017 3:55 PM EDT
UT Southwestern Expands Hospital to Meet Growing Patient Need
UT Southwestern Medical Center

To meet a greater-than-expected need for specialty patient care in North Texas and the surrounding states, UT Southwestern is undertaking a $480 million expansion of its flagship William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

Released: 3-Oct-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Genetic Targets to Chemo-Resistant Breast Cancer Identified
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Research led by Dr. Carlos Arteaga, Director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, has identified potential targets for treatment of triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

Released: 25-Sep-2017 3:40 PM EDT
Texas Docs Care Offers Free Telemedicine Access for Hurricane Victims
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Hurricane evacuees living in Texas now can have free access to an ER physician via a video and text messaging app from CirrusMD through UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Texas Docs Care program.

Released: 25-Sep-2017 3:15 PM EDT
Do You Really Need That MRI?
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Do you really need that MRI? Your doctor may order an MRI based on factors other than your actual medical need for imaging, researchers in UT Southwestern’s Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research found. Their study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that a physician’s prior image-ordering habits, as well as ownership of the equipment, were strong indicators of unnecessary imaging orders.

Released: 22-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
UTSW Lung Cancer Researcher Named NCI Outstanding Investigator
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has selected UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researcher Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis to receive its prestigious Outstanding Investigator Award. The award includes annual funding of $600,000 for seven years to support Dr. DeBerardinis’ continuing research into changes in cellular metabolism that occur in cancer.

Released: 21-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Tri-Regulator Collaborative Releases Position Statements Addressing Electronic Health Records, Practitioner Burnout
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

The Tri-Regulator Collaborative, which represents the governing boards of the three organizations representing the state boards that license physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists – the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), and National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) – have drafted and approved two position statements that highlight the organizations’ shared commitment to protecting public health as well as the common issues faced by the three groups.

Released: 19-Sep-2017 1:05 PM EDT
CPRIT Awards $34M to UTSW for Cancer Research, Recruitment
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded UT Southwestern researchers more than $34 million for cancer research and faculty recruitment, including support for programs in pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, and melanoma.

Released: 19-Sep-2017 11:05 AM EDT
FSMB Releases Free Online Education Module for Medical Students and Residents
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

The FSMB is committed to assisting member medical and osteopathic boards in their educational outreach efforts to medical students and residents. The FSMB Workgroup on Education for Medical Regulation has designed a series of modules on various aspects of medical regulation to inform future licensed physicians.

Released: 13-Sep-2017 3:00 PM EDT
Coping with Mental Anxiety From Hurricanes Harvey, Irma
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Communities devastated by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will spend years recovering from the destruction left in the storms’ wake.

Released: 13-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Combination Immunotherapy Improves Kidney Cancer Survival
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A combination immunotherapy treatment showed better overall survival in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma than current therapy, according to results from a phase 3 clinical trial presented at a symposium for medical oncology in Spain.

Released: 11-Sep-2017 3:30 PM EDT
Researchers Find That Body Clock, Gut Microbiota Work Together to Pack on the Pounds
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern researchers have uncovered new clues about how gut bacteria and the body’s circadian clock work together to promote body fat accumulation.

Released: 8-Sep-2017 4:30 PM EDT
South Asians with Family History of Heart Disease at Greater Risk
UT Southwestern Medical Center

New research by UT Southwestern cardiologists shows that people of South Asian descent with a family history of coronary heart disease are significantly more likely to have high levels of calcium buildup in their arteries – an indicator of higher risk for heart attacks.

Released: 8-Sep-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Letters, FIT Kits Can Triple Colon Cancer Screening Rates
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Sending a letter and, in some cases, a simple mail-in kit tripled colon cancer screening completion among low-income adults, researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center report this week in JAMA.

Released: 7-Sep-2017 1:05 PM EDT
International Award Honors UT Southwestern Scientist for Diabetes Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Philipp Scherer, Director of the Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research at UT Southwestern, will receive the 2017 EASD-Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence in recognition of his research that explains the relationship between body fat and type 2 diabetes.

Released: 1-Sep-2017 5:05 PM EDT
12 Years After Fleeing Katrina, Family Displaced by Harvey Seeks New Life in Dallas.
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Flooded homes. People stranded on roofs. Rescue boats patrolling neighborhoods. Ashley Aples saw the chaos and panic engulf Houston in just a few days, and he knew from experience it was time to flee.

Released: 30-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Oklahoma Medical Board Launches Streamlined Licensure Process for Physician Assistants
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

The Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision has launched the Uniform Application (UA) for physician assistants (PAs) to simplify and streamline the application process for PAs seeking licensure in multiple states. The UA for PAs, developed by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) in coordination with the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), allows applicants to complete one core application that can be saved and sent to multiple state medical boards at once. The UA eliminates the need for applicants to re-enter the same data multiple times for each individual state they wish to practice in.

Released: 30-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Texas Health, UT Southwestern kick off new health care campus in Collin County
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern Medical Center joined today with Frisco city leaders to kick off a construction project that will bring an acute care hospital and multispecialty clinic complex to this rapidly growing part of Collin County.

Released: 24-Aug-2017 2:05 PM EDT
DNA Sensor Plays Critical Role in Cancer Immunotherapy via Robust Response to Unexpected Form of DNA
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report for the first time that tumors stressed by cancer immunotherapy release their mitochondrial DNA into nearby immune cells, triggering a host alert system.

Released: 23-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
CRI Scientists Develop an Innovative System to Characterize Regulatory DNA Sequences Responsible for Human Diseases
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have developed an innovative system to identify and characterize the molecular components that control the activities of regulatory DNA sequences in the human genome.

Released: 21-Aug-2017 11:05 AM EDT
CRI Scientists Discover Vitamin C Regulates Stem Cell Function and Suppresses Leukemia Development
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Not much is known about stem cell metabolism, but a new study from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has found that stem cells take up unusually high levels of vitamin C, which then regulates their function and suppresses the development of leukemia.

Released: 17-Aug-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Breast Cancer Specialist, Dr. Carlos L. Arteaga, to Head UT Southwestern’s Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Carlos L. Arteaga, internationally recognized for his work in laboratory-based translational research and advancing the care of breast cancer patients, has been selected as Director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern, after an extensive nationwide search.

Released: 15-Aug-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Dr. Tawanda Gumbo Named to WHO Task Force on Tuberculosis Medicines
Baylor Scott and White Health

Tawanda Gumbo, MD, an investigator at Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, is among 30 experts worldwide named to a World Health Organization task force on treatment of tuberculosis.



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