16-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
UT Southwestern Study Finds Common Pain Reliever Can Cause Liver Damage, Especially Mixed With Alcohol
UT Southwestern Medical Center

High doses of acetaminophen, especially when mixed with alcohol, caused liver injury in some patients, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Callas report in the Oct. 16 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Released: 19-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Experimental Blood Tests Predicts Heart Disease Risk From New Form of Cholesterol
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Every year millions of people with "normal" cholesterol levels suffer chest pain or heart attacks. A UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas study indicates these individuals may suffer from a high concentration of a type of cholesterol not detected with conventional screenings.

Released: 17-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Marker of Autoimmune Disease Activity
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have uncovered what they believe is a marker of autoimmune disease activity in patients with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

Released: 18-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Researchers Develop Animal Model of Human Colorectal Cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The development of the first animal model for colorectal cancer by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas will facilitate research into the molecular mechanisms of colorectal cancer and provide a model system for testing chemoprevention agents and new drug treatments.

Released: 28-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Cold Virus with P53 Gene Testes to Combat Ovarian Cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are using the p53 gene, inserted into an inactive common-cold virus, as a novel way to attack ovarian cancer in a patient.

Released: 28-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Study Uses Common Cold Virus for Gene Therapy to Treat Head and Neck Cancers
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Patients with advanced head and neck cancer that hasn't improved with surgery, radiation or chemotherapy may benefit from an experimental therapy available at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Released: 5-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
UT Southwestern Establishes Bone-Marrow Transplantation Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has inaugurated a new bone-marrow transplantation program, which will provide potentially life-saving therapies to patients with some forms of cancer.

Released: 17-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Primary Progressive MS Patients Sought for Drug Trial
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas will be participating in the first-ever drug trial for patients with the most rare form of multiple sclerosis, primary progressive MS.

19-Sep-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Oral Vaccine That Prevents Corneal-Transplant Rejection tested at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Ophthalmologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have developed an oral vaccine that may prevent rejection of corneal transplants, the most common type of tissue transplant.

Released: 24-Sep-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Multicenter Study Finds That Antidepressant Alleviates Symptoms of Severe PMS
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Women suffering from a severe form of premenstrual syndrome that adversely affects relationships and work may have fewer emotional problems when treated with the antidepressant sertraline, a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas reported Sept. 23 in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Released: 13-Nov-1997 12:00 AM EST
Study Led by UT Southwestern Finds Promising New Treatment for Meningococcemia
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Giving patients extra doses of a protein that occurs naturally in the body may effectively treat meningoccemia, a frequently fatal childhood disease, researchers at Ut southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report in the Nov. 15 issue of The Lancet.

Released: 4-Nov-1997 12:00 AM EST
November Health News Tips From UT Southwestern Medical Center At Dallas
UT Southwestern Medical Center

1) Sore Feet Don't Need to Be Your Achilles' Heel, 2) Tonsils May Cause Child's Restless Nights, Daytime Problems, 3) Baby Talk Can Be Stimulating Conversation, 4) Impotence Is Commonly Treated Without Surgery, 5) Supplement Your Calcium Knowledge, 6) Slimming Procedures Still Being Tested

Released: 14-Nov-1997 12:00 AM EST
Prozac proves successful in treating major depression in children and teens
UT Southwestern Medical Center

After four years of study, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have concluded that the drug Prozac is just as effective for treating depression in children and teens as it is in adults.

Released: 14-Nov-1997 12:00 AM EST
UT Southwestern scientists find cell death-signaling pathway involved in cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The missing link in the chain of molecules that tells cells to die has been found, which may enable scientists to create more effective drugs for cancer, Parkinson's disease and stroke. The discovery by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is reported in the Nov. 14 issue of Cell.

Released: 22-Nov-1997 12:00 AM EST
UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care Offers New Risk Assessment Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Two means of assessing a woman's risk of developing breast cancer Ø one for the general population and one for women with a family history of the disease Ø are being offered through a new program in the UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care.

Released: 9-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
New cochlear implants help patients who are deaf or hard of hearing
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is one of several hospitals offering a new, more sensitive cochlear implant.

Released: 11-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
UT Southwestern Researchers Learn How G Proteins Activate Their Enzymes
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers have answered a fundamental question about how G proteins, the cell's message relay switch, coordinate and control signals that determine cell activities. By looking at the crystal structure of one type of G protein (Gs-alpha) bound to its target, an enzyme found in heart tissue, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas scientists also uncovered a possible target for cardiac drugs.

Released: 1-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
January Health News Tips from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
UT Southwestern Medical Center

January health news tips from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Released: 14-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Scientists extend the life span of human cells
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and their colleagues at Geron Corp., Menlo Park, Calif., say they have figured out how to overcome the mechanisms that control cellular aging and extend the life span of human cells. The article appears in the Jan. 16 issue of Science.

   
Released: 7-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
February Health News Tips from UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Repeated heartburn should sound an alarm; Navel battle reduces fat, risk for health problems; Parents of colicky babies need attention, too; Knock yourself out with fitness boxing; Antibiotics cannot cure all ear infections

19-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Hormones found in the Brain may determine How much you eat
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas believe newly discovered hormones produced in the brain may influence development of obesity and diabetes.

Released: 25-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Effectiveness of Proscar in Treating Enlarged Prostates
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Results of a four-year study involving 3,040 men have shown that those taking the drug finasteride (Proscar) for enlarged prostate glands reduced their risk of needing surgery or experiencing acute urinary retention by more than half.

Released: 21-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Researchers Describe How Syphilis Increases Transmission of HIV
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are offering the first plausible molecular explanation of why the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is more easily transmitted to or from people with syphilis. This knowledge could lead to treatments to slow progression of the disease.

Released: 9-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EDT
April Health News Tips from UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern Medical Center

April Health News Tips from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: Take a Bite Out of Scarring, The Neglected Child is an Abused Child, Some Juicy Advice, Beanie Babies' Littlest Fans, New Mothers Should Seek Help if the Blues Darken, Sneak an Exercise Snack

Released: 17-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Researchers Discover Existing Drugs May Prevent Enlarged Hearts
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Using two drugs already available, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas may have found a cure for a condition that puts 5 million Americans at risk for sudden death -- an enlarged heart, or cardiac hypertrophy.

Released: 29-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Gene May Hold Key to Treating Life-threatening Cholesterol
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Findings from a study, in which a gene that speeds cholesterol metabolism was turned off, will help scientists develop better drugs for controlling life-threatening levels of the substance, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas reported in the May 29 issue of Cell.

Released: 6-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Urologists at UT Southwestern stimulate nerves near ankle to treat incontinence
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Urologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas will soon test whether severe incontinence can be improved by applying electrical stimulation to a spot near the ankle to stimulate the nerves that affect bladder control.

Released: 13-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
UT Southwestern and Komen Foundation to offer breast-care fellowship
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The Center for Breast Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation have teamed up to offer a new one-year fellowship for physicians interested in the multispecialty care of breast-cancer patients.

Released: 27-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
New Computer Program to Speed Determination of Gene Function
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A computer program recently developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has found the markers on all DNA sequenced so far in the international Human Genome Project, and the list is now available on the Internet.

Released: 11-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Walking or Bed rest Ok for First Stage of Labor
UT Southwestern Medical Center

In the largest study of its kind, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, obstetrics and gynecology researchers have concluded that walking during the first stage of labor is neither harmful nor beneficial to the mother or baby.

Released: 12-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Gulf War Veterans: Excessive Rates of Death, Hospitalization
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Gulf War veterans have died or been hospitalized at excessive rates since the war, a UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researcher reports in the Aug. 15 American Journal of Epidemiology.

Released: 18-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Researchers Begin Drug Trial in Hope of Finding New Ways to Treat Acute Kidney Failure
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Each year 20 million Americans are affected by kidney and urological diseases, while 150,000 develop acute kidney failure. The current treatment for kidney failure is dialysis --a sometimes painful and always costly stop-gap measure that is not a cure-- or kidney transplant

Released: 20-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Ophthalmologists Link Dry Eyes and Defective Lipid Structure
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A defective lipid structure appears to be the culprit behind many chronically dry eyes, a condition that affects millions of Americans, according to clinical research by ophthalmologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Released: 21-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Genetic Switch Explains Effect of Exercise on Muscles
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The creation of a drug that would mimic some of the health-promoting benefits of regular exercise could be possible because UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have found a genetic switch that tells muscles how to behave.

Released: 1-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Locating Gene that Explains Cholesterol Absorption
UT Southwestern Medical Center

In a discovery that may shed light on why people absorb cholesterol at different rates, scientists from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the National Institutes of Health have narrowed their search for a gene responsible for abnormal cholesterol absorption in individuals with a rare hereditary disease.

Released: 15-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Pattern of Inheritance of Non-chromosomal DNA
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Moms and dads contribute equal amounts of DNA to their baby --almost. Each parent donates one chromosome from each of the 23 pairs humans have. But only mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the mother passes to the fetus.

Released: 24-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
ONE-OF-A-KIND VIDEO-LAPAROSCOPIC LAB
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A third-year surgery resident from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas frowns with concentration as he tries to keep his eyes on the video screen and off his hands while suturing a foam sponge.

Released: 25-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
New Test for Kidney Function
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have developed a procedure that will allow physicians to accurately measure kidney function in a short period of time, enabling patients to spend less time in the clinic.

Released: 29-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Excimer Laser for Treating Farsightedness
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern is one of only seven clinical research sites in the nation and one of the first to begin correcting moderate degrees of farsightedness accompanied by astigmatism with an excimer laser.

Released: 9-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Tumor-Supressor Gene May Indicate Susceptibility to Lung, Colon Cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Discovery of a new human tumor-suppressor gene by UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers could dramatically reduce the number of Americans who die annually from the two most lethal cancers, lung and colon malignancies.

Released: 23-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
State-of-the-Art Endosuites
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Two video screens, each suspended from cantilevered booms, face both sides of the surgical table. Videocassette recorders and assorted monitors rest in staggered modules below the screens. Gleaming surgical instruments lie in precise rows.

Released: 29-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Oxygen-carrying Myoglobin Not Necessary for Survival
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Myoglobin, the protein long thought to be the sole carrier of oxygen to heart and certain skeletal muscle, is not necessary for survival, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas scientists reported in today's issue of the journal Nature.

5-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Scientists Discover How Aspirin Reduces Inflammation
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Everyone knows that aspirin helps reduce inflammation, but for years no one knew how. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas now have an answer, which could lead to the design of more effective anti-inflammatory drugs.

Released: 24-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Mutation Discovery and Male Fertility Problems
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Discovery of a mutation that prevents sperm maturation could lead to treatments for male sterility and development of new male contraceptives, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas scientists reported in today's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Released: 25-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Vitamin E Prevents Early Plaque
UT Southwestern Medical Center

In laboratory tests vitamin E prevented the early stages of plaque formation by preventing white blood cells from sticking to cells that line the artery wall -- another weapon in the antioxidant's attack on heart disease, according to research at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Released: 9-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
New Light on Childhood Muscular Dystrophy
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have made a critical discovery about blood-flow regulation during exercise and, in the process, have uncovered a clue about a culprit behind Duchenne dystrophy, also known as childhood muscular dystrophy.

Released: 11-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Gene Discovery; Preventing Bacterial Shock
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Identification of a gene that normally prevents endotoxic shock - which causes at least 20,000 deaths a year in the United States and possibly one million worldwide - was reported by UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers in today's issue of Science.

Released: 17-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Thymus may hold clue to rebuilding immune system after HIV
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Discovery of a marker that allows tracking of thymus function also shows how the adult immune system might repair itself after being damaged by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas scientists reported in today's issue of Nature.

Released: 29-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Immortalizing Enzyme Does Not Make Human Cells Cancerous
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have shown that human cells grown in the laboratory and immortalized by the introduction of the enzyme telomerase are not transformed into cancer cells.

Released: 26-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Electrical Nerve Stimulation May Help Reduce Chronic Pain in Cancer Patients
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Borrowing from the ancient practice of Chinese acupuncture, a newly developed electrical nerve-stimulation technique may help alleviate pain associated with cancer that has spread to bones, said researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.


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