Dr. Kathleen Bell, Co-Director of the Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair, Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and holder of the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Chair in Mobility Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, offers the following tips to help lower the risk of sports-related concussions:
UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair (TIBIR) has initiated one of the nation’s first concussion registries for student athletes and others aimed at improving treatment for this all-too-common sports injury.
The Statesman Capitol 10,000 is pleased to announce a new relationship: Baylor Scott & White Health is the annual race’s new presenting sponsor. The race will take its mark in downtown Austin on April 10, 2016.
Dr. Packer is the principal investigator of a trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Dec. 3 issue, showing new evidence about a major breakthrough in the medication management and treatment of heart failure patients. The updated study information and analysis builds upon the team’s earlier research about Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin inhibitor (ARNi) category of drugs.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has awarded UTSW researchers more than $19.6 million in grants to improve preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic services relating to different cancers, and to improve understanding of cancer biology.
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have shown that a pathogen-sensing molecule plays a vital role in keeping gastrointestinal (GI) systems healthy.
As UT Southwestern Medical Center’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital nears its first year of service, the 12-floor, 460-bed hospital has been identified as a Top Performer by The Joint Commission. The designation recognizes accredited hospitals that achieve a 95 percent or above on numerous safety and quality accountability measures.
According to data released by the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, and analyzed in the annual State of Obesity report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in Arizona, North Carolina and New Mexico at least 75 percent of Native American adults are overweight or obese. Texas had the lowest obesity rate for Natives at 51 percent. By Mallory Black / Native Health News Alliance
Baylor Scott & White Health has been ranked 10th healthiest employer in America by Healthiest Employer, LLC, based on its exceptional culture and employee wellness programs
Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have determined how the body responds during times of emergency when it needs more blood cells. In a study published in Nature, researchers report that when tissue damage occurs, in times of excessive bleeding, or during pregnancy, a secondary, emergency blood-formation system is activated in the spleen.
Baylor Scott & White Health and Canine Companions for Independence have opened the first Canine Companions training center in Texas and the first in the nation to be connected to a health care system. This is Canine Companions’ sixth training center in the country, and it will allow the organization to provide more highly trained assistance dogs free of charge to people with physical and developmental disabilities.
UT Southwestern Medical Center has been ranked one of the “Most Connected Hospitals” for 2015-2016 by U.S. News & World Report based on its commitment to the use of digital technology in health care.
UT Southwestern Medical Center has received two major patient satisfaction awards from Press Ganey, a national consulting firm specializing in health care performance.
What you need to know about how healthy vending machines sell more of the better-for-you foods and beverages—lower in fat, sodium, sugars and calories.
Thanks to UT Southwestern Accountable Care Network, some 68,000 members of the Dallas/Fort Worth community are receiving much-needed access to quality health care, including flu shots, screenings, education, and more through a series of 22 health fairs across the Metroplex running now through Nov. 20.
Patients whose blood pressures spikes in the doctor’s office but not at home, and patients whose blood pressure spikes at home but not in the doctor’s office, suffer more heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes than patients with normal blood pressures in both settings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Dr. Elliot Frohman of UT Southwestern Medical Center was one of three researchers on a team to win the 2015 Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Activating an enzyme that sounds an alarm for the body’s innate immune system causes two lethal autoimmune diseases in mice, while inhibiting the same enzyme rescues them, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) convened representatives from 41 national philanthropic organizations last week in Minneapolis. Participants focused on the grave problem of Native American nutritional health and agreed on key steps and planning to develop solutions.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have deciphered the long-sought atomic structure of PRC2, an enzyme complex that plays a key role in the development of several types of cancer, in particular blood cancer.
A joint study by UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health & Hospital System investigators found that a multicomponent outreach program increased completion of the three-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination series that reduces the risk of cervical cancer caused by the virus.
Researchers at Baylor Research Institute have identified a small RNA molecule that appears to enable certain colorectal cancers to become especially aggressive, resistant to treatment and likely to migrate and invade normal tissue. Findings suggest that detecting high levels of the molecule could serve as a “biomarker” to help clinicians determine which patients might benefit from more aggressive therapy.
For many Native American tribes, powwows are seen as community gatherings, a social time complete with colorful regalia, fry bread and stew, and the familiar sound of traditional drumming and dance. But they’re also beginning to serve as important tools for health advocates who are working to reduce health disparities within the population.
A team of scientists at the Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has made a discovery that suggests cancer cells benefit more from antioxidants than normal cells, raising concerns about the use of dietary antioxidants by patients with
Baylor Sammons Cancer Center is the only clinical site in Texas to offer this clinical trial, sponsored by Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Melanoma Research Alliance. These clinical trials are the culmination of nearly four years of research under a SU2C Melanoma Dream Team grant.
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) will convene a groundbreaking gathering of national philanthropic organizations in Minneapolis on October 14-15. The event will focus on the crisis in Native American nutritional health and food access and the interconnections these issues have with tribal economies and health disparities.
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a classification for cancers caused by KRAS, the most frequently mutated gene in cancer, that could eventually help oncologists choose more effective, customized cancer therapies.
Dr. William Israelsen, a UT Southwestern Medical Center research scientist whose studies on hibernation may aid the fight against cancer, today became one of 16 investigators chosen for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Early Independence Award.
UT Southwestern Medical Center’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital has received a national Rising Star Quality Leadership award from the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) for its quality and safety efforts.
With one in five Americans developing skin cancer in their lifetime, dermatologists, skin cancer survivors and their families and friends are asking everyone to tell “Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™” On Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 10 a.m., a 2.5-mile hike will be held at Barton Creek Habitat Preserve, located near Bee Cave Road and Highway 71 in Austin
UT Southwestern Medical Center today announced the launch of “Call Out Cancer,” a new health initiative designed to promote awareness, early detection, and prevention of all types of cancer.
The UT System Board of Regents today approved the creation of an integrated regional health network (Integrated Network) including the UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources (Texas Health) systems. Approval had previously been granted to Texas Health by its board.
With the recent enactment of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, a group of bipartisan U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), applauding state medical and osteopathic boards on the progress they have made in implementing an Interstate Compact to support medical license portability and expanding access to care.
UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticist Dr. Helen Hobbs is the 2015 recipient of the prestigious Pearl Meister Greengard Prize. The prize recognizes Dr. Hobbs’ research, which advances understanding of heart disease and other complex disorders.
UT Southwestern Clinically Affiliated Physicians and Genesis Accountable Physician Network aim to improve patient care and reduce costs through unique affiliation of community and faculty physicians
On Friday, Baylor Scott & White Health's Faith in Action Initiatives (FIAI) is joining forces with Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. to help Syrian refugees who have been displaced by civil war. The Perots are underwriting the costs associated with delivering essential medical supplies and equipment to Hungarian Baptist Aid workers in Hungary, one of the countries in which Syrian refugees are seeking asylum.
A team of scientists at the Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has become the first to use a tissue-clearing technique to localize a rare stem cell population, in the process cracking open a black box containing detailed information about where blood-forming stem cells are located and how they are maintained.
UT Southwestern physiologists trying to understand the genetic code have found a previously unknown code that helps explain which protein should be created to form a particular type of cell.
UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons are helping to pioneer a trend that extends the advantages and benefits of minimally invasive surgery to patients who need middle ear surgery.
UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers are investigating whether an injectable, biodegradable gel can reduce potential side effects from extreme high-dose radiation treatments for prostate cancer.
Over the last two years, Voices for Healthy Kids, a joint initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association, has directly supported more than 50 coalitions, in 20 cities and states, working to help all young people grow up at a healthy weight.
UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined an international clinical trial studying whether a drug traditionally used to treat gout can help prevent kidney damage in patients with Type 1 diabetes.
More intensive management of high blood pressure, below a commonly recommended blood pressure target, significantly reduces rates of cardiovascular disease, and lowers risk of death in a group of adults 50 years and older with high blood pressure.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded two researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center more than $11 million to support their exceptional research programs.
Surgical teams took part in a record-setting day of organ transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Surgeons on the medical staff performed nine organ transplants on seven patients in one calendar day. The successful day of surgeries broke the previous Texas record of eight organ transplants performed in one calendar day, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
Scott & White Hospital – Round Rock is now offering low-dose CT scans, with a physician referral, to screen and potentially diagnose lung cancer before symptoms develop.
The Journal of Medical Regulation has published the “Census of Actively Licensed Physicians in the United States, 2014,” which provides an analysis of the most recent physician licensure data collected from each of the state medical boards in the United States by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB).
Exercise training for patients with pulmonary hypertension was shown to be safe and to improve quality of life, according to an analysis by UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiologists of studies involving more than 400 participants.
New findings from Baylor’s interventional radiology department have shown that a more expensive option isn’t necessarily more effective for spine augmentation.
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