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"The ongoing research at Weill Cornell will help us drive down the need for aggressive prostate cancer treatments and improve the life of patients," says Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewari, the Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic Oncology. "Our prostate cancer program is among the very best in low recurrence rates after treatment. And we aim to reduce even that by half in the next two years."

Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Honors Her Pivotal Contributions to Cytokine Research NEW YORK (Oct. 11, 2011) — Dr. Laurie Glimcher, the incoming dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, has received the 2011 International Cytokine Society (ICS) Honorary Lifetime Membership, the...

NEW YORK (October 2011) — Navigating the supplement and medication maze can get confusing especially when you have multiple prescriptions. It is important to organize yourself with your medications and supplements to prevent unnecessary mishaps. Dr. Lorraine J. Gudas and...

Investigators Will Study How Environmental Risk Factors Like a Folic Acid Deficiency Increase Risk for Spina Bifida and Related Congenital Defects NEW YORK (Sept. 26, 2011) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $5.5 million Transformative...

Study Supports Value of Early Treatment NEW YORK (Sept. 20, 2011) — Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes) have shown that early treatment of HIV not only...

Device Replaces Printed Texts for 1st- and 2nd-Year Students, Promotes Move From Paper to Electronic Recordkeeping NEW YORK (Sept. 15, 2011) — Weill Cornell Medical College students will now have a wealth of medical information and educational tools at their...

Dr. Neal Flomenbaum Dr. Neal Flomenbaum, professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2011–2012 academic year on Tuesday, Oct....

Dr. Joseph J. Fins In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, the journal Health Affairs has added a new recording to its free collection of "Narrative Matters" essay podcasts on iTunes U. "Mosaics And Misery," a poem...

NEW YORK (Sept. 10, 2011) — Dr. Michael Stewart has been named the editor-in-chief of The Laryngoscope, a prestigious academic journal that has been the forum for many groundbreaking advances in the specialty of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery. Dr. Stewart...

Weill Cornell Medical College officially welcomed the class of 2015 on Aug. 23 at the white-coat ceremony, an annual rite of passage for all new students to receive their white coats. After an introduction by Dr. Carlyle Miller, associate...

Dr. Laurie Glimcher to leverage Cornell's enormous strengths in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering NEW YORK (Sept. 7, 2011) — Dr. Laurie Glimcher, one of the nation's leading physician-scientists and researchers, has been named the Cornell University provost for...

Weill Cornell–Led Study Looks at Delayed Gratification in Adults First Tested With Marshmallows and Cookies as Pre-Schoolers Researchers Find Aptitude for Delaying Gratification Is Consistent From Childhood Into Adulthood NEW YORK (Aug. 31, 2011) — A landmark study in the...

Gift Will Fund Studies of Brain Development and the Origins of Psychiatric Illness NEW YORK (Aug. 16, 2011) — A gift from the Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D. family's Canadian foundation, The Sackler Foundation–La Fondation Sackler, will establish and endow two...

Dr. Carl Nathan Dr. Carl Nathan, the R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology and chairman of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and his lab are working to discover new drugs in the fight...

Weill Cornell is widely known for its esprit de corps and collaborative research atmosphere, "which is why scientists from all around the world like coming here," says David P. Hajjar, Ph.D., dean of Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and research dean. "This is why we are hitting big research home runs."

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...