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Take extra care this Fourth of July and at all of your summer celebrations by ensuring that accidents do not interfere with summer fun.

The summer is a great season for getting in shape. Whether by playing a sport, doing an aerobic exercise routine, or just returning to that familiar running path -- this is the time for activity.

Every spring and summer, millions of Americans dread the trip to the park or the playground and will do anything to avoid activities that trigger outdoor allergies.

An international research team led by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators have discovered two inherited-genetic deletions in the human genome linked to development of aggressive prostate cancer. The findings, published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), indicate a man's risk of developing prostate cancer either triples or quadruples, depending on the genetic variant they inherit.

A new Center established at Weill Cornell and directed by Dr. Rainu Kaushal, who is also the executive director of the Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative for New York State, has the promise to transform the healthcare system for the 21st century.

On April 4th, key stakeholders and elected officials, alongside Weill Cornell Medical College leadership, packed the gymnasium of the building that will soon become the new Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell & Columbia to watch as the Center's leaders kicked off construction of the new facility with a groundbreaking ceremony.

To help recognize Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Catherine Lord, Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell & Columbia and a leading authority on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), offers families guidance and tips following a child's diagnosis within the ASD.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, along with its affiliated medical schools Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, today celebrated the start of construction on the new Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at the Hospital's Westchester campus in White Plains. Developed in collaboration with the New York Center for Autism, the 11,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is slated to open in early 2013. The Center's mission is to provide cutting-edge research, education, and comprehensive services to people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at every stage of life, from infancy through adulthood.

An international team of investigators from centers in the United States and the United Kingdom, including Weill Cornell Medical College, have been awarded a grant for $10 million over a three-year period to study the molecular underpinnings of metastatic prostate cancer while creating a comprehensive testing system to optimize personalized treatments. The award was announced Sunday, April 1, during a press conference at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2012 Annual Meeting, held in Chicago from March 31 through April 4, 2012.

Weill Cornell Medical College announced today the establishment of the Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy (CHiP) to improve health and healthcare through informatics and technology. To commemorate the official opening, New York State Commissioner of Health Dr. Nirav R. Shah gave the keynote address.

A New York firefighter critically injured while battling an inferno at a Crown Heights brownstone just before Christmas finally went home March 23.

A team of researchers led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College has designed what appears to be a powerful gene therapy strategy that can treat both beta-thalassemia disease and sickle cell anemia. They have also developed a test to predict patient response before treatment.

Amid the deafening rhetoric around health care reform there's a silence that should concern all of us. While the Supreme Court considers challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on a variety of grounds, no one is talking about what healthcare reform will mean for medical education and biomedical research, an essential element in the quest for more efficient and effective care. It's a critical piece of the reform puzzle that has fallen off the table.

In the first published study of its kind, researchers from the Catholic University/Policlinico Gemelli in Rome, Italy, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center found that bariatric surgery dramatically outperforms standard medical treatment of severe type 2 diabetes.

A palpable sense of anticipation filled Griffis Faculty Club on Friday, March 16 in the moments leading up to the Match Day ceremony as 120 fourth-year students from Weill Cornell awaited their fate in the form of a sealed envelope.

For one month last fall, Weill Cornell Medical College student Nii Koney experienced first-hand what it's like to be a gynecologic oncologist. All thanks to a new award from the Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper non-profit organization, based in Palm Beach County, Fl.