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Older adults with cancer are nearly 70 percent more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack in the year prior to their diagnosis compared with peers without a cancer diagnosis in that same time period, according to new research by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigators.

Weill Cornell Medicine’s summer programs for minority undergrads have inspired generations of students to pursue careers as physicians and scientists

A previously unknown type of T lymphocyte, a class of white blood cell, contributes to the development of an autoimmune disease, called lupus, which causes the immune system to attack healthy tissues and organs and leads to chronic inflammation, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Daily medication for treating opioid use disorder is more cost-effective compared with monthly injections, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Being diagnosed with advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer was a grim experience for Steve Price. But thanks to his doctors at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, state-of-the-art interventional radiology allowed him to receive chemotherapy immediately after biopsy, shrinking his tumors dramatically. 

As brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism and depression increase in frequency, the synergistic fields of neurology and psychiatry may illuminate important clues that can lead to innovative treatments for these conditions.

Pediatrician Dr. Jeffrey Perlman has spearheaded simple, low-cost efforts to save newborns in Tanzania—with dramatic results.

By now, many people are familiar with the grim statistic that opioid overdoses are killing more than 115 Americans...

A protein induced by gut microbes is vital in healing colons that have become inflamed due to a short-term form of colitis, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers discovered in a new study. 

When longtime research collaborators Dr. Douglas Nixon and Dr. Brad Jones arrived at Weill Cornell Medicine last summer, they brought with them an ambitious goal: to find a cure for HIV.

Postmenopausal women with higher levels of body fat have a significantly increased risk of developing breast cancer even if they have a normal body mass index (BMI), according to a new study.

Reflecting a national movement, Weill Cornell Medicine puts increased focus on student and physician wellness.

A study of the dual pathways that process the essential vitamin folate by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators unexpectedly revealed a new way the cancer drug methotrexate works and may suggest strategies to boost its cancer-killing effects.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of November.

Dr. Said Ibrahim has been appointed the inaugural senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Common drug treatments that lead to changes in gut fungi can persistently exacerbate allergic airway diseases such as asthma.

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $9 million Program Project Grant (P01) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to better understand how and why patients with an aggressive and incurable form of lymphoma initially respond to treatment, only to relapse over time. 

Measuring brain activity in response to hearing a brief narrative can identify patients with severe brain injury who have preserved high-level cognition despite showing limited or no consciousness at the bedside, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Scientists can now discover how the fine details of gene activity differ from one cell type to another in a tissue sample, thanks to a technique invented by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Dr. Massimo Loda Appointed Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Pathologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center