MedBlog

Amputees Experience What it's Like to Feel Again

Researchers are using sensory feedback technology to create a prosthetic hand that can feel.

February 23, 2018

Perspectives 75: Annie

Annie woke up one day and could not move her legs because of transverse myelitis. See where she is now.

February 19, 2018

Heart Month 2018: Rio King

Rio is one of several masters athletes who took part in our research on how exercise prolongs heart health.

February 18, 2018

Heart Month 2018: Sandy & Brooks

Since Brooks Haley's first heart attack in 2010, all his wife, Sandy, has wanted was to make sure Brooks’s heart was as healthy as it could be.

February 14, 2018

Perspectives 75: Misti

After finding a lump in her breast, Misti was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma with lobular features.

February 14, 2018

Heart Month 2018: Daniel Quintana

Since 2012, Daniel has been coming to the UT Southwestern Heart Failure Clinic, which specializes in treating neuromuscular diseases that affect the heart – an important capability for patients like Daniel, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

February 13, 2018

Little Hats, Big Hearts

These newborns are wearing red hats that represent a deeper message.

February 13, 2018

Heart Month 2018: Linda Johnson

UT Southwestern specialists evaluated Linda for a heart transplant. Her new heart gave her not only a second chance at life but a first chance to watch her son grow.

February 12, 2018

CAR-T Therapy Offers Patients Promise for a Cure

Multiple myeloma is the second fastest growing type of cancer for men and the third fastest for women.

January 29, 2018

North Texan Donates a Kidney to Save a Stranger

An anonymous living donor gives part of herself to save a stranger.

January 8, 2018

Larry’s story: Fighting cancer two ways

Larry participated in a clinical trial using a pioneering immunotherapy treatment to attack the cancer – a treatment with fantastic results.

January 1, 2018

Sarah’s story: A viral reaction and a second chance

After contracting acute flaccid myelitis in October 2016, Sarah woke up in the ICU paralyzed, unable to even breathe on her own.

January 1, 2018

Wanda’s story: A heart at high risk

Wanda began seeing doctors at UT Southwestern, where they started her on a new drug called Repatha. Based on a discovery made by UT Southwestern, Repatha is a cholesterol-lowering drug for statin intolerant patients like Wanda. She saw an immediate and dramatic improvement in her cholesterol numbers.

January 1, 2018

Paralympian inspires pursuit of adaptive sports

This decorated athlete in adaptive sports has teamed up with UT Southwestern to show others with impairments they can be as good as gold.

December 15, 2017

Immunotherapy for kidney cancer: Using the body as a weapon

Kidney cancer patients may see long-lasting tumor shrinkage with immunotherapy, which uses the immune system as a weapon to fight cancer. Learn more.

Hans Hammers, M.D., Ph.D.

December 6, 2017