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ThisCaringHome.org Helps Caregivers Navigate Unique Challenges of Adapting a Home for Persons With Alzheimer's and Other Types of Dementia Weill Cornell Medical College Gerontologic Researcher Creates Award-Winning Site NEW YORK (March 26, 2010) — It is estimated that Alzheimer's disease...

$100,000 Award Will Be Granted Jointly Every Two Years to Honor the Contributions of Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D., to Understanding the Biology of Psychiatric Illness NEW YORK (March 29, 2010) — Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill...

Served as Interim Dean Since January 2009, Following Retirement of Dr. Daniel R. Alonso NEW YORK (Mar. 24, 2010) — Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been named dean at Weill Cornell Medical...

NEW YORK (Mar. 19, 2010) — One of the nation's foremost vascular biologists, Dr. Timothy T. Hla, has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Vascular Biology and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell...

If becoming a doctor is a series of small, incremental steps, then Match Day is one where medical students dare to take a moment, look back, and see how far they've come. The name of the hospital on that sheet...

Warm Up Without Burning Out Tips for Exercising Safely During the Summer The summer is a great season for getting in shape. Whether by playing a sport, an aerobic exercise routine, or just returning to that familiar running path —...

$6 Million NHLBI Grant Creates Collaborative Center Between Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in Ithaca, Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and Renaissance Health Systems in Manhattan NEW YORK (March 11, 2010) — A $6 million grant from the National...

Dr. Shari Midoneck Dr. Shari Midoneck, the Ehrenkranz Family/Orli R. Etingin, M.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in Women's Health and associate professor of clinical medicine, was appointed to the position of associate dean of academic affairs at Weill...

Promises Broad Clinical Benefits, From Bone Marrow Transplantation to Therapies for Heart, Brain, Skin and Lungs NEW YORK (March 4, 2010) — In a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at...

In the national debate over the necessity and feasibility of significant health care reform, changes to insurance coverage, payment rules, health services delivery, and possibly malpractice laws have emerged as the basic framework of a new health care system....

Robotic Surgical Technology's 3-D HD View Gives Surgeons Compensatory Illusion of Tactile Sensation New Study Describes "Intersensory Integration" Phenomenon and Compares Surgical Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Using Robotic Technology With Traditional Invasive Surgery NEW YORK (March 1, 2010) — Robotic...

Dozens of students presented 30 posters and five oral presentations at Weill Cornell Medical College's Medical Student Research Day, held Feb. 24 at Uris Auditorium and the Weill Greenberg Center. Sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, the daylong event...

Weill Cornell Medical College-Led Study Is One of the First to Compare E-Prescriptions to Handwritten Prescriptions in Community-Based Practices NEW YORK (Feb. 26, 2010) — Should doctors around the country use e-prescribing to decrease prescription errors? A study led by...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Recruits Overweight and Mildly Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes for Clinical Study of Surgical Therapy NEW YORK (Feb. 24, 2010) — Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now...

Drug Therapy Benefits Outweighs Risk of Diabetes for High-Risk Patients A study published in today's online issue of The Lancet finds that patients, who receive statin medications for controlling high cholesterol, have a slightly greater risk for developing diabetes. However,...

Observing Molecules in Motion May Lead to Newer, Safer Drug Therapies NEW YORK (Feb. 12, 2010) — Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have developed a new technology that allows them to directly visualize functional motions of individual enzymes in nearly...

Steady Increase in Cardiovascular Deaths Affects Younger Women Dr. Holly Andersen of the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute Offers Women Tips on Recognizing a Heart Attack and Reducing Their Risk of Heart Disease NEW YORK (February 2010) — The risk...