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Left to right: Desiree Ramirez, Florence_Haseltine, and Yolanda-Lawson, MD
HSC to Host Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium
by Lance Murray | Dec 12, 2023
The UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting the Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium February 1 and 2. The event will be "a transformative event for our research and health communities," says HSC's Dr. Mark Cunningham, bringing together scientists and community members to discuss the latest research on women’s cardiovascular and brain health topics.
by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2023
UT Arlington principal investigator Dr. Suvra Pal said that previous studies modeling the probability of a cancer cure—also called the cure rate—"used a generalized linear model." The new statistical modeling method published by Pal and his student is said to be 30% more effective in predicting who will be cured of cancer and who will need further treatment.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 22, 2022
Southlake-based HeartSciences, which closed on a $6.375M IPO in June, applies AI-based technology to an ECG to detect cardiac dysfunction—one of the earliest signs of heart disease. The company says this can't be diagnosed by current conventional ECGs, making its MyoVista Wavelet ECG device a potential game changer.
CEO Andrew Simpson says adding this diagnostic information to an ECG "addresses a significant unmet need in the market with an estimated 100 million-plus ECG tests performed annually in the U.S.A. alone."
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 15, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news on UTSW and the American Heart Association examining cardiac concerns, as well as Cook Children’s in Fort Worth receiving a grant to bolster research.
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UTA Prof Gets $308K to Study Heart Condition in Women
by Lance Murray | May 23, 2016
Coronary microvascular dysfunction is a disease that affects the walls and inner linings of tiny coronary artery blood vessels that branch off from larger coronary arteries.
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