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Physicians Spend The Equivalent Of Nearly Three Work Weeks On Health Plan Interactions NEW YORK (May 14, 2009) — As policymakers consider ways to cut health costs as a part of health reform, a new national survey of physician practices...

Advice From Top Docs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Physicians Offer Practical Tips on Preventing Strokes and Their Lasting Effects NEW YORK (May 13, 2009) — It takes less than a minute for a stroke to change a person's life forever, but...

Ongoing ACT III Clinical Research Trial Studies CDX-110 Vaccine; Aimed at Training Immune System to Kill Cancer Cells NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center Help Lead Phase II Multicenter Trial NEW YORK (May 11, 2009)...

Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi honored as an Official of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, April 20. Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery, was honored as an Official...

When Joachim Silbermann first met Mark S. Lachs, M.D., more than 12 years ago, he began with a joke that has become a familiar ritual between them. "If only you knew something about old people," he would tease. That...

If there were a drug — let's call it the "success drug" — that, while illegal, guaranteed professional success, money and fame, no harmful side effects, as well as the knowledge that there was no chance of being caught...

Elizabeth Franzek, '12, and Sophie never met. Franzek doesn't even know Sophie's last name, but she's been one of the best teachers this young Weill Cornell Medical College student has ever had. First-year students (from left) Gregory Bonci, Anh-Thu...

Dr. David Lyden, the Stavros S. Niarchos Associate Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, an investigator in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, and associate professor of cell and development biology at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been named one...

Dr. Stephanie Joan Woolhandler Stephanie Joan Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and one of the nation's leaders in health care reform, will be the 2009 Lubin Distinguished Visiting Professor at Weill Cornell...

DOHA, QATAR (May 1, 2009) — Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) have mapped a draft version of the date palm genome, unlocking many of its genetic secrets. "We have generated a draft DNA sequence and initial...

Researchers Foresee a Wave of New Cancer R&D That Targets Changes in Tissues Far From the Primary Tumor NEW YORK (May 1, 2009) — Traditionally, cancer biologists have embraced a simple and direct model of the disease process: The tumor...

Study Led by Weill Cornell Medical College and University of North Carolina Kidney Center Confirms Link Between Two Global Health Problems NEW YORK (April 30, 2009) — Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are more likely to have chronic kidney disease...

Findings Could Lead to Earlier Detection of Smoking-Induced Lung Injury and Approaches to Reduce the Cardiovascular Side Effects of COX-2 Inhibitors, Say Weill Cornell Researchers NEW YORK (April 29, 2009) — In searching for a simple way to identify individuals...

Exploring the Nexus of Business and Medicine WHAT: A new yearly intercampus symposium exploring how business and medicine can collaborate to solve today's health care challenges. Panel members will discuss and answer questions regarding the state of collaboration between industry,...

Appointment to Professor Timothy B. Boone, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Urology. (Dr. Boone is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.) Jocelyn Brown, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. (Dr. Brown is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics...

Charles L. Bardes, M.D., will present the final Heberden Society Lecture of the 2008–2009 academic year on Wednesday, May 6, at 5 p.m. in Uris Faculty Room (A-126) at 1300 York Ave. The title of the lecture will be...

In his new book, "The Skinny on Losing Weight Without Being Hungry," Dr. Louis Aronne, clinical professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and director of Weill Cornell's Comprehensive Weight Control Program, doesn't even wait until the first...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Find Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) Safe and Effective NEW YORK (April 15, 2009) — Despite rapid strides in minimally invasive surgical techniques — most notably, laparoscopy — traditional open surgery remains the most common surgical option across...

Weill Cornell Medical College Study Identifies Novel Type of Gene Fusion That May Be Common Cancer Mechanism NEW YORK (April 9, 2009) — A newly discovered gene fusion is highly expressed in a subset of prostate cancers, according to a...