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Renowned Pioneer in Microsurgery and Male Infertility Has Innovated Numerous Surgical Techniques NEW YORK (July 31, 2008) — An internationally recognized pioneer in microsurgery and male infertility, Dr. Marc Goldstein has been named the Matthew P. Hardy, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor...

Results Favor IGIV Anti-Amyloid Immunotherapy Over Placebo CHICAGO (July 30, 2008) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced today the nine-month interim results of an ongoing Phase II clinical trial of GAMMAGARD Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IGIV) for Alzheimer's disease at the...

Benefits Include Dramatically Faster Recoveries With Equal, or Better, Surgical Precision NEW YORK (July 30, 2008) — Robotic surgery, largely pioneered for prostate cancer surgery, is rapidly being adapted for use in other areas, including for bladder cancer patients. Urologic...

Membrane Protein Is Key to Bacteria's Defense Against Immune Cell Acidification During Infection, According to New Research by Weill Cornell Medical College Scientists NEW YORK (July 29, 2008) — With antibiotic resistance on the rise, tuberculosis is emerging as a...

Breakthrough Findings from Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center May Lead to New Therapies for Mental Illnesses, Addiction NEW YORK (July 28, 2008) — In a first, scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical...

Weill Cornell Medical College Researcher Developed a Single-Molecule Tracking Technology That Is Revolutionizing Cellular Biology and Drug Discovery NEW YORK (July 15, 2008) — The National Science Foundation has awarded Weill Cornell Medical College researcher Dr. Scott Blanchard its prestigious...

Achieved Highest Possible Score in Advanced Technologies and Patient Services NEW YORK (July 11, 2008) — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks first in the New York City metropolitan area and sixth in the nation, according to U.S. News Media Group's 2008 edition...

Following High-Blood Pressure Drug Treatment, Women At Greater Risk Than Men For Enlarged Heart Finding May Explain Steeper Rates of Cardiovascular Disease Later in Life For Women NEW YORK (July 1, 2008) — Women may respond less favorably than men...

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Findings Show Greater Survival With Earlier High Caloric Feeding NEW YORK (July 1, 2008) — Clinician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are suggesting an immediate and important change to guidelines used in the care of patients with...

New Findings Reported by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Physician-Scientists NEW YORK (June 26, 2008) — There is new evidence linking risk for one kind of fracture with long-term use of bisphosphonates — drugs like Fosamax that are prescribed to treat osteoporosis in...

Dr. David Lyden, the Stavros S. Niarchos Associate Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, associate professor of cell and developmental biology and associate professor of pediatrics, presented the 8th Annual Leonard Weiss Memorial Lecture at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in...

Already one of the nation's pre-eminent medical schools, Weill Cornell Medical College moved boldly in the past year to set in motion a plan to build on its legacy of excellence; attracting the best and brightest medical students from...

Pioneer in Field of Interventional Radiology, Invented Endovenous Laser Therapy Named Chairman of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Radiologist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center NEW YORK (June 6, 2008) — A pioneer in the field of interventional...

Dr. Min Lu, professor of biochemistry, is the recipient of part of a $15.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The grant, awarded to 10 investigators at different institutions, will be used in...

Appointment to Professor Clifford C. Dacso, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Dacso is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.) Victor Fainstein, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Fainstein is on staff at The...

In 1990, 39 percent of the all Americans lived to see the age of 65. Ten years later, that number more than doubled to 86 percent. Americans are certainly living longer, and while this is regarded largely as the...

Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr. Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., provost for medical affairs and dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, will give his annual presentation on the "State of the Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences"...

A capella group The Aneurhythms performing "Be Still, My Soul" at the Anatomy Memorial Service, April 22. On April 22, first-year medical students gathered for the Anatomy Memorial Service, an annual tribute to remember and honor the men and...

Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., Daisy Soros and Dr. Matthew Fink at the "Information Please" seminar, May 20. For all the mysteries solved by modern medicine, there is still much we don't know about the workings of the human...

 Joan and Sanford I. Weill chat with WCMC-Q graduates Sharon King and Kunali Dalal aboard The Duchess, May 27. The inaugural graduating class of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar with Dr. Daniel R. Alonso, dean, WCMC-Q (back row,...