UT Southwestern Medical Center

For patients who don't have insurance or can't afford a primary care physician, the convenience of mail-in testing has helped expand colon cancer screening.

Cancer cells can spread from one organ to another by directly entering the bloodstream. But more often it’s after the cells enter the blood through the lymph nodes. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center now believe they know why.

A medical professional shares guidelines for keeping your mask effective against the spread of coronavirus.

Gov. Greg Abbott is urging Texans to get flu vaccines early this season. He’s warning about a double whammy of flu and COVID-19.Speaking in Dallas on…

Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an…

As the coronavirus surge continues, there’s another virus to watch for now: West Nile. Dallas County’s already spraying for the mosquito-borne disease and…

Pregnant women aren’t considered at higher risk for getting the coronavirus, but it raises other concerns about a safe delivery.KERA’s Sam Baker talked…

One in five children in America are believed to have a mental health disorder. The reluctance to talk openly about it because of the stigma against such…

COVID-19 has forced many people inside their homes for weeks — and it's taken a toll.But as the economy opens back up, social distancing is still…

Left ventricular hypertrophy, a thickening in the main pump chamber of the heart, strikes African Americans at a higher rate.Even though heart…

Doctors at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have developed a new approach for single breast reconstruction using a patient's own body…

An important step in maintaining good vision that you may not know about is eyelid hygiene. A North Texas ophthalmologist explains why eyelid hygiene…