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Scientists discover new clues to how weight loss is regulated
A hormone seen as a popular target to develop weight-loss drugs works by directly targeting the brain and triggering previously unknown activity in the nervous system, UT Southwestern Medical Center obesity researchers have found. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 23, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

UTSW honors legacy of research and medical discovery furthered by the contributions of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
UT Southwestern Medical Center has renamed the central drive through the main campus Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Drive in honor of the former senator who has strongly supported UT Southwestern, medical discovery, and higher education in general. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 23, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Gov. Perry announces North Texas ebola treatment and infectious disease bio containment facility
Gov. Rick Perry announces the creation of a state-of-the-art Ebola treatment and infectious disease bio containment facility in North Texas. It will be set up and operated by UT Southwestern Medical Center, Methodist Hospital System, and Parkland Hospital (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 21, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Neuroscience Chair Dr. Joseph Takahashi elected to National Academies’ Institute of Medicine
Dr. Joseph Takahashi, Chairman of Neuroscience at UT Southwestern Medical Center since 2009, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a component of the prestigious National Academies. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 21, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

CRI named Innovation Catalyst by Dallas Regional Chamber
CRI has been named by the Dallas Regional Chamber as a 2014 Innovation Catalyst award recipient, given annually to a company or institution that strengthens the region’s capacity for innovation. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Minimally invasive procedures offer hope for elderly patients with heart-valve problems
Annie Henderson, 69, suffers from multiple chronic ailments, including kidney failure and mitral valve insufficiency. The later turned her life into a battle for breath, eliminating almost all activities and even making sleep a struggle. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 9, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Researchers identify ‘Achilles heel’ in metabolic pathway that could lead to new lung cancer treatments
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found an “Achilles heel” in a metabolic pathway crucial to stopping the growth of lung cancer cells. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 8, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Mother of two volunteers to aid study seeking DNA patterns that might predispose women to deadly form of breast cancer
In May 2013, Brianna Hinojosa-Flores felt a lump above her right breast. A mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy revealed triple negative breast cancer — one of the hardest to treat. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - October 3, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

New ways to treat anemia could evolve from acetate supplement research
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers seeking novel treatments for anemia found that giving acetate, the major component of household vinegar, to anemic mice stimulated the formation of new red blood cells. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 29, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Many patients excluded from lung cancer clinical trials due to prior cancer
Lung cancer clinical trials exclude a substantial proportion of patients due to a history of prior cancer, as shown in an analysis by cancer researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 26, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Young ovarian cancer patient receives help at UTSW
When Katie Ballard went to the emergency room at UT Southwestern Medical Center due to pain and swelling in her abdomen, ovarian cancer was the furthest thing from her mind. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 26, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Gastric bypass bests banding for weight loss, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cholesterol control
Gastric bypass surgery has better outcomes than gastric banding for long-term weight loss, controlling type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, and lowering cholesterol levels, according to a new review by UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons of nearly (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 26, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Massive weight loss increases risk of complications in body-shaping surgery
Patients who lost more than 100 pounds and those who shed weight through bariatric surgery had the highest risk of complications from later surgical procedures to reshape their leaner bodies, a new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center shows. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 25, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

UTSW recognized among top 10 for leadership development
UT Southwestern Medical Center has been named among the top 10 “Best Organizations for Leadership Development” by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 25, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Protein variant may boost cardiovascular risk by hindering blood vessel repair
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that the most common variant of the circulating protein apolipoprotein E, called apoE3, helps repair the lining of blood vessels. (Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News)
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center News - September 18, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news