NEW YORK (October 2008) — The activity and excitement of the holidays tend to make people less careful when they should be more cautious. Dr. Roger Yurt, director, and Robert Dembicki, R.N., M.S., patient care director of the Hearst Burn...
Ten Tips on Improving Life for Indoor Allergy Sufferers NEW YORK (October 2008) – Spring and summer are not the only seasons that bring misery to those with allergies. "The end of the pollinating season is good news for everyone...
Helpful Tips for Preventing the "Winter Itch" NEW YORK (October 2008) — All winter flakes are not made of snow. Cold weather wreaks havoc on our skin, sometimes making it dry and flaky. Skin dries out if it's deprived of...
No time was wasted getting to the heart of the debate about the use of human embryos in stem cell research at the Sept. 17 public policy discussion that opened the Ansary Symposium on Stem Cell Research at Weill...
New Yorkers know all about emergencies. In a city this big, moving this fast, problems, big and small, can pop up pretty quickly. And you'd better have a plan. Weill Cornell Medical College certainly does. The Medical College's Emergency...
When the National Institutes of Health last year selected Weill Cornell Medical College to establish and lead the Clinical and Translational Science Center, the Medical College accepted a mission to facilitate collaborative research projects that would quickly yield new,...
Developed by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Experts Used in Conjunction with Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery NEW YORK (Oct. 02, 2008) — To ease the pain of recovery following prostate cancer surgery, physician-scientists have developed an innovative and patient-friendly approach that eliminates the...
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's Dr. Roy Gulick Is Lead Investigator of Phase 3 Multicenter Trial; Results in Oct. 2 New England Journal of Medicine New Class of HIV Medication Takes Upper Hand Against Drug Resistance NEW YORK (Oct. 2,...
Dr. John Boockvar, the Alvina and Willis Murphy Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, recently received two major grants for his research on brain tumors. The first grant is awarded by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, totaling $650,000...
More than a half century has passed since Dr. Joseph E. Murray — in a 5½-hour procedure that took place two days before Christmas — transplanted a kidney from Richard Herrick to his twin brother, Ron Herrick, to complete...
The 1st World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes brought together nearly 1,000 leading health experts. Dr. Francesco Rubino On Sept. 15-16, Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital hosted the first World Congress on Interventional Therapies...
NEW YORK (Sept. 17, 2008) — A major study from a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and Massachusetts General Hospital has found that a recent change to HIV-treatment guidelines recommending genetic screening is cost-effective under certain conditions....
New York (September 12, 2008) — Nearly 1,000 of the world's leading authorities on diabetes, health care policy and finance from public and private sectors will gather in New York City next week to discuss the appropriate role of new...
Students looked for their next clue among the library's stacks. Maps helped them figure out the library's layout. Information Access Service staff members Kevin Pain and Judy Stribling. One day they will be doctors. And among their ranks, there...
Dean Gotto and Dr. Boutin-Foster assisted members of the Class of 2012 into their white coats. Dr. Donald D'Amico delivered the Opening Exercises.click here to enlarge Dr. Emilio Carrillo explained the significance of the white coat. Dr. Estomih Mtui...
Dr. Palmer Bessey, professor of surgery, was elected secretary of the American Burn Association at its annual meeting in Chicago in May. Dr. Bessey will also be an invited speaker at the annual meeting of the Australia and New...
All faculty, staff and students of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, MSKCC, RU and HSS are encouraged to submit up to six (6) images of their artwork to the...
Weill Cornell Medical College's Department of Public Health — chaired by Dr. Alvin I. Mushlin — is an extensive, multidisciplinary network of physicians and scientists whose research and practice influences almost every aspect of modern medicine. To better acquaint...
Dr. Rache Simmons A research project headed by Dr. Rache Simmons, the Weiskopf Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and medical director of clinical research at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been chosen as the primary recipient of this year's...
It's not an ordinary day on the 13th floor of the Weill Greenberg Center. Weill Cornell scientists are studying an MRI of an adolescent brain, but in a way that defines cutting-edge technology. A participant examines the dynamic changes...
