Southwestern Medical Center

Cuproptosis: an emerging member of the immunogenic cell death family

Cell death was long considered the terminal consequence of cellular stress or damage, and distinct cell death modalities were classified according to their molecular execution mechanisms rather than their immunological impact [ 1 , 2 ]. This reductionist view has progressively be...

The Influence of Religion, Country of Origin, and United States Acculturation on Stress Coping Techniques in a Spanish-Speaking Free Clinic Population

Introduction Many Spanish-speaking individuals in the United States experience high levels of stress but disproportionately underutilize mental health services due to cultural, socioeconomic, and religious barriers in accessing culturally relevant mental health care. Methods Cros...

Fatigue-induced decline and recovery of maximal motor unit firing rates did not differ between males and females in two muscles of the quadriceps femoris

Studies on sex-related differences in motor unit (MU) behaviour with muscle fatiguing tasks are limited, particularly during contractions of maximal intensity and usually to one muscle within a synergistic group. Therefore, the purpose was to investigate the influence of sex and...

Multimodal AI for automated assessment of surgical performance

Accurate and objective assessment of surgical skill is crucial for improving training outcomes, ensuring patient safety, and enabling scalable evaluation across clinical and simulation contexts. Current approaches often depend on subjective human ratings or unimodal analysis, lim...

Is Proton Therapy Superior to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma?

With changing practice patterns, radiation therapy for vestibular schwannomas has become an increasingly utilized treatment modality with high tumor control rates. Gamma-Knife radiosurgery remains a well-established and readily accessible option with good rates for tumor control,...