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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...

Husband-and-Wife Team of Psychiatrists Helps Couples Keep the Love Alive NEW YORK (February 2010) — 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 a...

Book by Weill Cornell Medical College Chairman of Medicine Outlines Challenges and Solutions to the Issue of the Diminishing Role of Physicians in Biomedical Research NEW YORK (Jan. 29, 2010) — Practicing clinicians have traditionally played a central role in...

NEJM Article Describes Conditions at GHESKIO Clinic in Port-au-Prince NEW YORK (Jan. 28, 2010) — An article published in yesterday’s online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine describes the success and the challenges in medical care that doctors...

Dr. David Skorton, president of Cornell University, commenting on the recent earthquake in Haiti prior to making a Grand Rounds presentation on the topic of global health at Weill Cornell Medical College in NYC on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010....

Grant Funds Creation of Comprehensive Center of Excellence in Disparities Research and Community Engagement NEW YORK (Jan. 22, 2010) — Weill Cornell Medical College has established a new research center to improve medical care in ethnically diverse and medically underserved...

Weill Cornell Medical College Study Lays Groundwork for New Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease and Other Conditions NEW YORK (Jan. 20, 2010) — In a significant step toward restoring healthy blood circulation to treat a variety of diseases, a team of...

Mice and Humans With Same Human Gene Abnormality Behave Similarly According to Study in Journal Science NEW YORK (Jan. 14, 2010) — Studying animals in behavioral experiments has been a cornerstone of psychological research, but whether the observations are relevant...

In a World First, Researchers Identify and Define Dopamine Agonist Withdrawal Syndrome, or DAWS NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Explains Difficulties in Tapering Parkinson's Drugs in Patients With Side Effects Such as Compulsive Eating, Pathological Gambling, Compulsive Buying and Hypersexuality NEW YORK...

Through "systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution," the Nazi regime, during World War II, executed an estimated 6 million Jews, as well as hundreds of thousands of other people thought to be a threat to the German superpower. Dr. David A. Hamburg...

Epigenetic Diagnosis and Therapies, a New Strategy For Treating Cancer NEW YORK (Jan. 7, 2010) — A tumor's genetic profile is often useful when diagnosing and deciding on treatment for certain cancers, but inexplicably, genetically similar leukemias in different patients...

  Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh Dr. Javaid I. Sheikh has been named dean at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q), effective Jan. 1, 2010. Dr. Sheikh has served in the capacity of interim dean at WCMC-Q since Jan. 1,...

New England Journal of Medicine "Perspective" Article Argues That Information About the Effectiveness of Medical Treatments Should Be Central to Policy Decisions Research Will Provide Guidance for Changes in Health Care Reform NEW YORK (Jan. 6, 2010) — The current...

Students and Residents Benefit From Classes at Weill Cornell Medical College Addressing System's Inner Workings and Issues, Including Current Reform Efforts NEW YORK (Jan. 5, 2010) — While medical students are required to know the names of every body part...