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Newswise: Drugs, lotions can magnify sun’s harmful effects, UTSW expert says
Released: 2-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Drugs, lotions can magnify sun’s harmful effects, UTSW expert says
UT Southwestern Medical Center

It’s well known that the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light can wreak havoc on the skin. But most people don’t realize some commonly used products and medications can make us more susceptible to sunburn and other adverse reactions.

Newswise: Menopause is having a moment: Debunking common myths
Released: 2-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Menopause is having a moment: Debunking common myths
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Many women approach menopause with anxiety about the future. You’ve probably heard about it being a stressful time full of hot flashes, weight gain, and plummeting sex drive. The good news? Menopause is having a moment. That means heightened awareness, more resources dedicated to improving women’s health, and open discussions to ensure you get the information you need.

Newswise: Targeting protein has potential to treat leukemia, lymphoma
Released: 1-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Targeting protein has potential to treat leukemia, lymphoma
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Targeting a protein called ZFP574 suppressed leukemia in a mouse model of the disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers showed in a new study. Their findings, published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), could lead to new treatments for leukemias and lymphomas in cancer patients.

Newswise: Liver cancer growth tied to tryptophan intake
Released: 31-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Liver cancer growth tied to tryptophan intake
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a diet free of the amino acid tryptophan can effectively halt the growth of liver cancer in mice. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, offer new insights for dietary-based cancer treatments and highlight the critical role of the tryptophan metabolite indole 3-pyruvate (I3P) in liver tumor development.

Newswise: Education level, social media skills linked to cancer fatalism
Released: 30-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Education level, social media skills linked to cancer fatalism
UT Southwestern Medical Center

More educated people who are skilled at finding reliable information through social media don’t always see cancer as fatal while those with less schooling and social media awareness hold more fatalistic beliefs about the disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.

Newswise: Study identifies 18 proteins linked to heart failure, frailty
Released: 29-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study identifies 18 proteins linked to heart failure, frailty
UT Southwestern Medical Center

An analysis of blood samples from thousands of study participants, led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, revealed 18 proteins associated with both heart failure and frailty, conditions that commonly develop in late life.

Newswise: Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern identifies metabolic inflexibility that keeps damage at bay during liver regeneration
Released: 25-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern identifies metabolic inflexibility that keeps damage at bay during liver regeneration
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Liver cells have a vital metabolic inflexibility during regeneration to starve dysfunctional cells and keep damage from spreading, according to new research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) published in Science.

Newswise: Socioeconomic status affects survival of children with cancer
Released: 24-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Socioeconomic status affects survival of children with cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Socioeconomic factors can influence the diagnosis and treatment of children in Texas with malignant solid tumors, increasing the risk of the cancer’s spread and lowering the five-year survival rate, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Newswise: UT Southwestern pharmacologist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Released: 23-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
UT Southwestern pharmacologist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
UT Southwestern Medical Center

James J. Collins III, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center who leads groundbreaking research into the parasitic disease schistosomiasis, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator.

Newswise: Females’ osteoarthritis risk should be addressed early in life
Released: 22-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Females’ osteoarthritis risk should be addressed early in life
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Sex-specific differences in the knee joint should be considered as early as childhood to help prevent higher incidence and severity of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in women later in life, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers propose in a review of clinical data. Their findings, published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, investigate knee anatomy and biology, metabolic factors, and youth sports injuries that can contribute to a higher risk of OA.

Newswise: Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern discovers tumor growth fueled by nucleotide salvage
Released: 18-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern discovers tumor growth fueled by nucleotide salvage
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Cancer cells salvage purine nucleotides to fuel tumor growth, including purines in foods we eat, an important discovery with implications for cancer therapies from research by Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern published in Cell.

Newswise: UTSW study identifies RNA molecule that regulates cellular aging
Released: 17-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UTSW study identifies RNA molecule that regulates cellular aging
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has discovered a new way that cells regulate senescence, an irreversible end to cell division.

Newswise: UT Southwestern once again ranked best hospital in DFW
Released: 15-Jul-2024 11:05 PM EDT
UT Southwestern once again ranked best hospital in DFW
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the eighth consecutive year and ranks among the nation’s top hospitals for care in 11 specialties – the most of any hospital in Texas, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals list released today.

Newswise: Sensor involved in regulating metabolic health identified
Released: 15-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Sensor involved in regulating metabolic health identified
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A protein receptor called PAQR4 found within fat cells appears to act as a sensor for ceramides, waxy lipids whose overabundance has been linked to a variety of metabolic disorders and cancers, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests. Their findings, published in Nature Metabolism, could eventually lead to drugs that reduce cellular ceramide levels, much like statins reduce cholesterol levels.

Newswise: Sleep apnea sufferers more likely to develop heart disease
Released: 9-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Sleep apnea sufferers more likely to develop heart disease
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adults, even those younger than 40, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.

Newswise: Take summer heat health risks seriously, UTSW experts caution
Released: 5-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Take summer heat health risks seriously, UTSW experts caution
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The scorching heat can be inescapable this time of year, and as temperatures hover around triple digits, experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center caution that uncomfortable weather can escalate to dangerous health conditions.

Released: 2-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
UTSW Research: Female sex hormones, adrenal hyperplasia, and more
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Studies investigate monthly cycle fluctuations, trial results reducing excess androgens, transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat depression, and liver regeneration

Newswise: Postpartum urinary incontinence linked to mental health
Released: 27-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Postpartum urinary incontinence linked to mental health
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A UT Southwestern Medical Center study of hundreds of underserved women showed that depression and anxiety, in addition to physical factors such as a higher body mass index and previous births, are associated with lingering postpartum urinary incontinence.

Newswise: Gene-editing nanoparticles correct stem cell mutations in cystic fibrosis models
Released: 26-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Gene-editing nanoparticles correct stem cell mutations in cystic fibrosis models
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center developed nanoparticles that successfully edited the disease-causing gene in the lungs of a mouse model of cystic fibrosis (CF), swapping a mutated form with a healthy one that persisted in stem cells. Their findings, reported in Science, could offer hope for people with CF and other debilitating genetic lung diseases.

Newswise: Electroconvulsive therapy or ketamine? Clinical factors affect outcomes
Released: 25-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Electroconvulsive therapy or ketamine? Clinical factors affect outcomes
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Patients with moderate to severe treatment-resistant depression (TRD) might have better symptom relief from ketamine infusions than from electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but those with severe TRD could benefit more from ECT early in treatment, an analysis led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher shows. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, are the first to identify characteristics that distinguish which treatments might benefit TRD patients more.



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