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Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Sept. 19 - Sept. 26.

Red blood cells perform a second vital function: angiogenesis, the creation of new blood vessels from those that already exist.

Significantly lower nighttime -- compared to daytime -- blood pressure predicts vision loss in glaucoma patients.

Precision approaches are a major advance in the treatment of blood cancers.

Dr. Rainu Kaushal was selected to be an ELAM fellow and other awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Sept. 12 - Sept. 19.

Researchers have found inconsistencies in a low-cost drug used to prevent age-related macular degeneration prepared by pharmacists.

Physicians develop their own patterns of using electronic health records, resulting in tremendous variability in the records' use at the provider level.

Dr. Barbara Hempstead, associate dean for faculty development and diversity and the O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell, has been appointed senior associate dean for education, effective Jan. 1. She will succeed Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson, who has held the position since 2001 and has been appointed senior advisor for medical education.

New methods of processing massive amounts of information offer powerful weapons against threats ranging from cancer to bioterror.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Sept. 5 - Sept. 11.

First-year students gain early exposure to the surgical field by participating in operating room procedures.

Race and ethnicity dramatically influence patients' end-of-life preferences, which affect the likelihood they will complete a do-not-resuscitate order.

Dr. Louis Aronne is investigating the metabolic underpinnings of obesity to prevent diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and other related conditions.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Aug. 29 - Sept. 5.

Organ tissue derived from human prostate cancer tumors can be grown in the laboratory, giving researchers a new tool to test cancer drugs and personalize cancer treatment.

A new report makes wide-ranging recommendations on the development of registries to monitor the safety and effectiveness of medical devices.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Aug. 22 - Aug. 29.

Different methods for RNA sequencing can produce reliably similar results.

The United States could eradicate the hepatitis C virus, but significant strides in public health have to be taken to achieve that goal.

The 101 first-year students in Weill Cornell's Class of 2018 shared in a celebration that honored the achievements that led them to medical school and marked a milestone in their lives: the annual White Coat ceremony.