Richardson | June 2026

Health care

BY ISABELLA ZEFF

Health Care Edition

2026

Readers, welcome to your annual Community Impact Health Care Edition. This guide features all the latest news on health care in your backyard. All of the stories are written by our team of local journalists who are invested in keeping you informed in your community, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission. Make sure to dig into our update on technology updates at Methodist Richardson. Also in this edition is a roundup of the latest news from hospitals in and around Richardson, along with work at UT Dallas that aims to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment. We’re unwavering in our commitment to provide free, useful news to the community, because we believe everyone deserves to receive high-quality information about where they live. Enjoy!

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas are working on new ways to diagnose and treat diseases, including early-onset colorectal cancer, lung cancer, cocaine addiction and lymphatic diseases. A closer look Research on early-onset colorectal cancer could guide new approaches to preventing and treating the disease, which has been rising steadily in younger patients over the last 30 years, according to a news release from UT Dallas. Bioengineers at the university found that younger patients with colorectal cancer have distinctive colon features compared to older patients. Researchers found that both cancerous and UTD researchers work on disease prevention

Researchers are working to develop a comprehensive diagnostic toolkit that health care providers can use during routine physical exams to detect lymphatic disorders earlier.

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noncancerous colon tissue was mechanically stier in patients under 50. “If we can understand how physical forces fuel colorectal cancer progression, then we can actually think about early diagnosis,” Bioengineering Assis- tant Professor Jacopo Ferruzzi said.

Diving in deeper Research on cocaine use could also guide future treatments for addiction, according to a release. Researchers found that chronic cocaine use increases a certain protein in the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for forming long-term memories, fueling the drive to seek the drug.

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