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Gap Ascribed to Administrative Costs of Interacting With Multiple Payers U.S. Could Save Almost $27.6 Billion in Annual Health Spending If Administrative Costs for Physicians Were Similar to Those in Canada NEW YORK (Aug. 4, 2011) — Physicians in the...

The Doctors of the Future Scholarship Program, sponsored by WCMC-Qatar, challenges Qatari high school students each year to write an essay on a specific field of medicine. The winners receive a fully funded two-week trip to learn more about...

Weill Cornell Medical College–Qatar Study Is the First to Report on This New Public Health Challenge NEW YORK (Aug. 2, 2011) — HIV epidemics are emerging in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa among men who have...

New Technology Called 'Spinach,' Modeled After Nobel Prize–Winning Green Fluorescent Protein Tool May Reveal Secrets of RNA Biology and Its Role in Disease NEW YORK (July 28, 2011) — The ability to tag proteins with a green fluorescent light to...

"We see people who have tried everything to lose weight but haven't succeeded," says Dr. Louis J. Aronne, clinical professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive Weight-Control Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. "It is very gratifying to be able to help them accomplish their goals, using tools that were not available even four or five years ago. It is amazing to see it work."

Dr. Orli Etingin believes that treating each patient successfully comes down to not just her own experience, but also to the "amazing teamwork" between scientists and physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Hospital Ranks Nationally in 15 of 16 Specialties on U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll NEW YORK (July 19, 2011) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks #1 in New York and among the top six in the U.S. out of the nearly...

Dr. Charles L. Bardes, associate dean of admissions and professor of clinical medicine, has been chosen as the 2011 Siegel Family Faculty Award recipient. Dr. Charles L. Bardes The Siegel Family Faculty Award, made possible through an endowed gift...

"Imagine a patient with Alzheimer's disease who has slipped just beyond the point of contact," says Dr. Nicholas D. Schiff. "Think about what we could do if we knew how to bring him back for a year so that he could talk and interact with his family." Collaborative breakthrough research by Dr. Schiff and his team may one day make this scenario a reality.

For Dr. Ronald G. Crystal, his research field -- personalized genetic medicine -- is much more than a distant promise or something from a science-fiction novel. It is now used successfully to diagnose elusive diseases, improve treatments, and even cure once intractable disorders.

Lawrence P. Casalino, M.D., Ph.D., the Livingston Farrand Associate Professor and chief of the Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, spent six weeks last year at the Nuffield Trust in London to help form policy recommendations for the British...

NEW YORK (July 2011) — Take extra care this Fourth of July and at all of your summer celebrations by ensuring that accidents do not interfere with summer fun. Dr. Roger Yurt, director of the Hearst Burn Center of NewYork-Presbyterian...

The Health IT Certificate Program, run jointly by Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University, graduated its first class on June 24. The program — one of nine new university-based programs throughout the nation and the only one in...

Despite the Imminent Expansion of Insurance Coverage Under Health Care Reform, Patients' Access to Care May Become More Restricted NEW YORK (June 27, 2011) — As required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, millions of people...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Physician-Scientist Leads Study Reporting That FDA-Approved Telaprevir-Based Regimen Acts Faster and Offers a Stronger Viral Cure Than Standard Treatment NEW YORK (June 23, 2011) — The drug telaprevir (Incivek) provides a dramatic improvement in the treatment of the...

New Studies Illuminate Brain's Complex Neurotransmission Machinery, Point to Potential Source of Problems Leading to Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Conditions NEW YORK (June 22, 2011) — Two studies featuring research from Weill Cornell Medical College have uncovered surprising details about the...

New Program Offers Manhattan Outpatient Clinic and Unique Summer Camp–Style Intensive Treatment Program in White Plains, N.Y. NEW YORK (June 21, 2011) — Children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety or tic disorders are being treated in a...

A select group of students, trainees and faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College were honored with "Pioneers in Diversity" awards from the Medical College's Office of Faculty Diversity in Medicine and Science at an event held June 14 in...

Research Led by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Also Shows That Surgery for the Condition Can Increase Testosterone Levels; Findings Have Wide Implications for Clinical Practice NEW YORK (June 16, 2011) — As many as 15 percent of men have varicoceles, masses of...