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Obesity in Childhood Raises Risk of Experiencing Weight Stigma

Adults who developed severe obesity before the age of 18 are nearly three times more likely than those who developed the condition later to be subjected to severe experienced weight stigma (EWS), a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center...
1-May-2025 5:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

FDA-Designated Orphan Drug Could Increase Radiation Efficacy in Lung Cancer

An FDA-designated orphan drug that can target a key vulnerability in lung cancer shows promise in improving the efficacy of radiation treatments in preclinical models, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings,...
30-Apr-2025 6:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Differences in Survival Persist Despite Access to Cancer Clinical Trials

Black and Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma experience worse survival outcomes than their white peers, even when treated in frontline clinical trials, according to a study led by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher. Published in...
29-Apr-2025 8:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Kidney Cancer Therapy Response

An artificial intelligence (AI)-based model developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers can accurately predict which kidney cancer patients will benefit from anti-angiogenic therapy, a class of treatments that鈥檚 only effective in some...
24-Apr-2025 7:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Lifelong Physical Activity May Slow Cognitive Decline

High levels of physical activity may mitigate brain loss in adults and help maintain long-term cognitive health, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report in a study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
16-Apr-2025 5:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Immune Protein STING Key for Repairing, Generating Lysosomes

The STING protein, known for helping cells fight viral infections by generating inflammation, also appears to function as a quality control sensor for organelles that serve as cellular waste disposal systems, UT Southwestern Medical Center...
14-Apr-2025 7:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Create 鈥榃iring Diagram鈥� for Key Songbird Brain Region

Much like human beings, songbirds learn how to vocalize from their parents. Males imitate songs from their fathers and then sing to attract mates.
10-Apr-2025 6:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Method Identifies Protein That May Govern Cancer Cell Movement and Metastasis

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell adhesion and movement. Their findings, published...
9-Apr-2025 8:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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3 Ways to Nip Seasonal Allergies in Texas in the Bud 鈥� and 4 Treatment Myths, Debunked

More than one in four adults and one in five children in the U.S. have seasonal allergies (allergic rhinitis). And North Texas has a perfect climate for producing allergy-inducing pollen.
11-Apr-2025 7:15 PM EDT

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Microscopic Magnificence

The Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility (CEMF) at UT Southwestern has vastly broadened the scope of molecules for which researchers are able to determine their 3D structures, accelerating the pace at which they can use this information to better...
9-Apr-2025 8:45 PM EDT

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UT Southwestern Q&A: What You Need to Know About the Measles

Measles is a highly contagious viral infection that can cause serious health problems. The good news: Two doses of the vaccine developed in the 1960s are 97% effective in protecting you from getting infected, and that protection lasts a lifetime.
8-Apr-2025 5:50 AM EDT

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TMS: How Specialized Magnets Relieve Medication-Resistant Depression

One of the latest neuromodulation therapies available at UTSW鈥檚 Peter O鈥橠onnell Jr. Brain Institute is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This therapy uses external magnets and coils to depolarize affected neurons, 鈥渞esetting鈥� the...
2-Apr-2025 7:50 PM EDT

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How Using Cigars, Pipes, or Smokeless Tobacco Can Harm Your Heart

While cigarette smoking rates have plummeted from nearly 50% of adults in the 1960s to just under 12% in 2022, people use other tobacco products at about the same rate as they always have.
17-Mar-2025 8:10 PM EDT

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Beyond Eggs: Protein Sources That Strike the Right Balance

High-protein diets and protein-enriched foods seem to be everywhere we turn. It鈥檚 a nutrition trend with a refreshingly positive vibe. Unlike carbohydrates and fats, protein is the only one of the three macronutrients that doesn鈥檛 get vilified...
10-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EDT

Laser Surgery Offers Hope for Patients Living with Epilepsy and Brain Cancer

A minimally invasive procedure called laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) provides patients an alternative to a traditional open craniotomy. LITT offers effective, and in some cases curative, results 鈥� with significantly shorter recovery and...
26-Feb-2025 5:15 PM EST

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Frequent Nosebleeds? It Could Be HHT, a Serious but Treatable Genetic Disorder

For patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), frequent and sometimes intense nosebleeds are a regular occurrence. HHT, also called Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is a genetic bleeding disorder that causes abnormal development of...
20-Feb-2025 8:20 PM EST

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UT Southwestern is an academic medical center, world-renowned for its research, widely respected for its teaching and training, and highly regarded for the quality of clinical care its faculty provides to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals & Clinics and its affiliated hospitals.

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Marianna Koczywas, MD

medical oncologist

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Cancer,Lung Cancer,Medical Oncology

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Timothy Burns, MD, PhD

Oncology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director for Research, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology

Keywords:
ASCO 2024,Lung Cancer

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