Dr. Santosh Murthy

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or "brain bleeds," caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain doubles a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life.

A common type of brain bleed in older adults, known as subdural hemorrhage, is associated with the presence of amyloid deposits in cerebral blood vessels, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Yale School of Medicine.

Eight Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members have received Young Physician-Scientist Awards from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the most awarded to any institution this year.

People who have experienced a cerebral hemorrhage or brain bleed have a two-fold increase in the risk of having an ischemic stroke (caused by an artery blockage) or heart attack, compared with members of the general population.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of July. 

Two Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators gave oral presentations at the International Stroke Conference on Feb. 23.