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Evidence is mounting that oral vaccines against cholera can stem the spread of the disease, even when they are given at the start of an epidemic.

The bond between young adult cancer patients and their physicians appears to be a critically important factor in preventing thoughts of suicide, new research suggests.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of May 23 - May 30.

Nearly 300 students celebrated a milestone on May 29: graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, addressed the Class of 2014 during commencement on May 29 at Carnegie Hall.

On the eve of their graduation, students from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences were recognized for their outstanding achievements.

Allyson Tlacoxolal, 33, suffered regularly from debilitating migraines and fleeting blindness. After participating in a clinical trial run by Dr. Athos Patsalides and Dr. Marc Dinkin to treat her pseudotumor cerebri condition, her symptoms are in remission.

Weill Cornell launches a special graduation page to celebrate this year's commencement activities.

Dr. Sandeep Kishore, a graduating M.D.-Ph.D. student at Weill Cornell Medical College, was selected by his peers to be this year's student commencement speaker.

Doctoral student Victoria Schulman is the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Science's 2014 commencement speaker.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of May 16 - May 23.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center has appointed two new division directors at its Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health.

DNA fragments packaged in tumor exosomes -- small tumor-secreted vesicles -- can be used to identify important genetic mutations in cancer, researchers at Weill Cornell have demonstrated.

"Sibling" to tumor suppressor raises questions about role of PTEN family of proteins in cancer and other diseases, according to new Weill Cornell research.

Hospitals will maintain their prominent role in American medicine and remain economically viable, despite health care reform that requires them to make changes.

A common antioxidant had no effect on lung function compared to a placebo in patients with a chronic, progressive respiratory disease, according to research led by Weill Cornell Medical College and the IPF Clinical Research Network. The findings on N-acetylcysteine (NAC), released today by the New England Journal of Medicine, are likely to prompt physicians to reconsider the best way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an incurable disease that often kills patients within a few years of their diagnosis.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of May 9 - May 16.

The Joint Clinical Trials Office at Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has launched a new website developed as a key hub of information for patients, clinical researchers and physicians.

Last month, legendary actor Alan Alda and a team from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University visited Weill Cornell to observe the Oates Communication Skills Curriculum.

Three winners of last year's Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences have established a new annual prize for promising postdoctoral trainees.