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Study Uses fMRI Scans to Attempt Communication With Severely Brain-Injured Patients, Suggests Cognitive Functioning May Not Be Recognized at Bedside Patients Imagine Activities Like Swimming to Follow Commands and Answer Questions NEW YORK (Feb. 25, 2011) — Using a sophisticated...

When Dr. Rache Simmons has a sick child to stay home with, the consequences are far greater than a few unanswered phone calls and unread e-mails. There are patients whose appointments won't be kept and students whose classes won't...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell's Dr. Samuel Mann Reports on an Algorithm That Makes It Easier for Physicians to Help Patients With Resistant Hypertension NEW YORK (Feb. 15, 2011) — An estimated 75 million Americans have hypertension, or high blood pressure, and 50...

"Cornell Dots" — brightly glowing nanoparticles — may soon be used to light up cancer cells to aid in diagnosing and treating cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new technology for the first clinical trial...

Dr. Hajjar Will Work With Qatari Academic Leaders to Strengthen Biomedical Research and Education NEW YORK (Feb. 14, 2011) — The Fulbright Commission, with approval of the U.S. State Department, announced that Dr. David P. Hajjar, the Frank H.T. Rhodes...

Weill Cornell Medical College and Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr., through the Medical College's Music and Medicine Initiative, are hosting a symposium on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Uris Auditorium to discuss the therapeutic role music can play in medicine,...

Study Compares Gastric Bypass to Conventional Medical Treatments and Lifestyle Modifications in Mildly Obese and Non-Obese Patients NEW YORK (Feb. 10, 2011) — A new clinical trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is among the first to test surgery...

Using Whole Genome Sequencing and Multiple Tumor Samples, Researchers Uncover Genes Tied to Prostate Cancer Growth NEW YORK, CAMBRIDGE, Mass., AND BOSTON (Feb. 9, 2011) — For the first time, researchers have laid bare the full genetic blueprint of multiple...

Husband-and-Wife Team of Psychiatrists Offers Couples a Healthy Dose of Romance NEW YORK (February 2011) — Love is in the air, but Valentine's Day shouldn't be the only time to express love for your partner; rather, it should serve as...

Dr. Dana Leifer NEW YORK (Feb. 7, 2011) — Dr. Dana Leifer, associate professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College and neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has headed a study that establishes new guidelines to improve...

Law Allowing Use of Unproven Brain Devices in "Orphan" Neuropsychiatric Disorders Needs to Be Strengthened, a Team of International Experts Says NEW YORK (Feb. 3, 2011) — Warning that patients could be at risk, an interdisciplinary group of multinational investigators...

February is American Heart Month, and in her role as director of education and outreach at the Perelman Heart Institute, Dr. Holly Andersen is working overtime to increase cardiac health awareness, and not just to those who come to her office for an appointment.

With 57 chapters by more than 100 authors, "Public Health in the 21st Century" tackles a wide variety of topics, from STDs to food-borne infections, prostate cancer screening to palliative care. Edited by Dr. Madelon Finkel, professor of clinical...

Dr. David J. Skorton, president of Cornell, has been named to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) as an at-large member of its 2010-11 board of directors for a two-year term. The decision was made at AAMC's 121st...

Healthy Tips From the Perelman Heart Institute for February Heart Month NEW YORK (January 2011) — Did you know that a good night's sleep can help prevent heart disease? There are many simple ways to lower your risk. During February,...

Dr. Marcus M. Reidenberg, professor of pharmacology, medicine and public health, has been selected to receive the 2011 Torald Sollmann Award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The award was established to commemorate the pioneering work...

Novel Vaccine Is Poised to Move Quickly Into Human Trials In NIH-Funded Study, Researchers Say the Approach Could Also Stop Addiction to Other Drugs, Including Heroin and Nicotine NEW YORK (Jan. 4, 2011)— Researchers have produced a lasting anti-cocaine immunity...

NEJM Review Into Brain Circuit Mechanisms May Lead to More Accurate Coma Diagnosis and Improved Therapies NEW YORK (Dec. 30, 2010) — The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told — it is placed into...

$100,000 Grant Given to Researchers at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College NEW YORK (Dec. 21, 2010) — Researchers from Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College have been awarded $100,000 by NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the...

Appointment to Professor Rebecca Baergen, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Boris C. Bastian, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Bastian is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dietrich Büsselberg, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology...