Morning Rounds (09.21.12)

Three out of four healthcare organizations say they’re considering an M&A deal, according to a report from CompHealth.

Children’s Medical Center and UT Southwestern have been awarded a $6.9 million grant by The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute for a one-of-a-kind cancer study.

The average medical school has 43 female professors compared with 192 male, meanwhile, women have made up about 50 percent of medical school students for the past decade.

Obese individuals with excess visceral fat are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. However, those with excess abdominal subcutaneous fat were not.

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