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Communication about end-of-life care can improve how likely Latino patients with terminal cancer are to sign a DNR order.

A new collaboration involving Weill Cornell Medicine will equip researchers with more precise and reliable genomic data when investigating instances of cancer.

NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine urologists urge reconsideration of prostate cancer screening after finding critical flaw in landmark study.

Cardiologist Dr. Geoffrey Pitt to lead institute designed to translate research discoveries in cardiovascular disease from bench to bedside.

Two Weill Cornell Medicine scientists received prestigious Stand Up to Cancer grants totaling nearly $1.5 million.

Certain types of bacteria in the gut can leverage the immune system to decrease the severity of stroke.

Nearly one in four women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo a partial mastectomy will need a second surgery within 90 days.

A subset of treatment-resistant prostate cancer pathologically resembles small cell lung cancer rather than typical prostate cancer.

Physicians are less likely than the general public to die in the hospital.

One of the first groups of AIDS patients to receive free HIV drugs in a public health setting in the developing world are living as long as those in the United States.

NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine are among the nation's top cancer centers endorsing HPV vaccination for cancer prevention.

An intercampus project explores midlife health in Qatar.

A protein that normally exists in the mitochondria of healthy cells appears to travel to the nucleus of cancer cells and promote metastasis.

Flavor variety is an important component in young smokers' decisions to switch to e-cigarettes.

Dr. Olga Boudker's work with glutamate pumps earns her membership in an elite cadre of investigators.

Neuroscientist Dr. Conor Liston '08 is making connections between the roots of autism and depression.

Dr. Lewis C. Cantley has been awarded the 2016 Wolf Prize in Medicine for discovering a family of enzymes that are fundamental to understanding diabetes and cancer.

Medicine professor Dr. Thomas Walsh has helped upend the odds of saving kids with cancer from deadly fungal infections.

Providers who have access to patient records through an electronic health information exchange order fewer repeat X-rays, ultrasounds and other imaging tests.

Researchers Dr. Francis Lee and Dr. BJ Casey close in on why some psychiatric patients respond so well to treatment -- while others don't.