Almost 50 million Americans—disproportionately in rural areas—must drive 25 miles or more to access a gastroenterologist for diagnosis and treatment of issues involving the digestive system, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
The award seeks to increase the number of early-stage investigators and enhance the diversity of the cancer research workforce to accelerate the fight against cancer.
Dr. Margaret McNairy, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been selected as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine (ELHM) Scholar by the National Academy of Medicine.
Home health aides (HHAs) are vulnerable to stress, isolation and depressive symptoms, which impact their own health as well as their patients’ desire to age in place, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered a protein that plays a critical role in clearing collagen from tissue and may be a therapeutic target to help prevent fibrosis, scar tissue that interferes with organ function.
Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, may decrease the likelihood of nursing home residents experiencing stressful hospitalizations and improve the quality of life in their last days, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have shown that three months of social worker follow-up support to people hospitalized with HIV in Tanzania had health benefits at low cost.
For younger Black patients living in rural parts of the Southeastern United States, peer coaching is more effective than traditional clinical care in controlling high blood pressure, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Removing race information from cardiovascular risk calculators—which predict the probability of developing heart disease—doesn’t affect patients’ risk scores, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.
Dr. James C. Lo, an associate professor of medicine and Dr. Lisa G. Roth, an associate professor of pediatrics, both from Weill Cornell Medicine, were elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for 2023.
The Cornell Center for Health Equity launched a racial allyship training course to provide anyone who wants to learn to be a better ally with essential skills and tools they can use in their personal and professional lives.
Multiple types of beta cells produce insulin in the pancreas, helping to balance blood sugar levels. Losing a particularly productive type of beta cell may contribute to the development of diabetes.
Dr. Madeline Sterling, an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a 2022 Clinical Scientist Development Award by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Six Weill Cornell Medicine postdoctoral associates, instructors and junior faculty seeking to pursue independent research careers have received 2022 JumpStart Career Development awards.
A new onset of a rapid or irregular heartbeat that develops after surgery, often within a few days, is associated with an increased risk for hospitalization for heart failure among patients undergoing both cardiac and noncardiac surgery, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.
Dr. Monika Safford, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, finds that obesity is linked to more serious complications from COVID-19, including in younger people.
