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2 genetic deletions in human genome linked to the development of aggressive prostate cancer

2012 APR 24 -- An international research team led by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators have discovered two inherited-genetic deletions in the human genome linked to development of aggressive prostate cancer. The findings, published online today in the......

Subject: Prostate Cancer

Computer model of spread of dementia can predict future disease patterns years before they occur

2012 APR 6 -- Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. They say their mathematic model can be used to predict where and......

Subject: Dementia

JAMA study finds patients with stroke symptoms are still not calling 911

2012 MAR 30 -- Nationwide ambulance use by patients suffering from a stroke has not changed since the mid-1990s, even though effective stroke treatments are now available. In a study published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),......

Subject: Stroke

New gene therapy approach developed for red blood cell disorders

2012 APR 11 -- A team of researchers led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College has designed what appears to be a powerful gene therapy strategy that can treat both beta-thalassemia disease and sickle cell anemia. They have also developed a test to......

Subject: Gene Therapy

Researchers reveal how cancer cells change once they spread to distant organs

2012 MAR 5 -- Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed critical steps in what......

Subject: New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College

Unprecedented international effort to improve safety of orthopedic devices

2012 JAN 13 -- Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) in October 2010.    As outlined in a......

Subject: U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Weill Cornell researchers develop powerful tool to measure metabolites in living cells

2012 MAR 27 -- By engineering cells to express a modified RNA called "Spinach," researchers have imaged small-molecule metabolites in living cells and observed how their levels change over time. Metabolites are the products of individual cell metabolism. The......

Subject: Metabolism

40-year follow-up on marshmallow test points to biological basis for delayed gratification

2011 SEP 12 -- A landmark study in the late 1960s and early 1970s used marshmallows and cookies to assess the ability of preschool children to delay gratification. If they held off on the temptation to eat a treat, they were rewarded with more treats later. Some......

Subject: Central Nervous System

Are all hip replacement implants the same?

2011 DEC 12 -- NEW YORK - More than 270,000 Americans get hip replacement surgeries every year - a number that is projected to double in the next decade as the population ages. With various options for implants, including metal-on-polyethylene, metal-on-metal and......

Subject: Hip Replacements

Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorders vary widely across clinics

2011 NOV 21 -- To diagnose autism spectrum disorders, clinicians typically administer a variety of tests or scales and use information from observations and parent interviews to classify individuals into subcategories listed in standard psychiatric diagnostic......

Subject: Autism

Early antiretroviral therapy for HIV shown cost-effective

2011 OCT 3 -- Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes) have shown that early treatment of HIV not only saves lives but is also cost-effective. Results are published in......

Subject: HIV/AIDS

Lung regeneration closer to reality with new discovery by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers

2011 NOV 15 -- Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College say they have taken an important step forward in their quest to "turn on" lung regeneration - an advance that could effectively treat millions of people suffering from respiratory disorders.......

Subject: Stem Cell Research

Older adults in home health care at elevated risk for unsafe meds

2011 DEC 5 -- Older adults receiving home health care may be taking a drug that is unsafe or ineffective for someone their age. In fact, nearly 40 percent of seniors receiving medical care from a home health agency are taking at least one prescription medication......

Subject: New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College

Researchers clock the speed of brain signals

2011 JUL 6 -- Two studies featuring research from Weill Cornell Medical College have uncovered surprising details about the complex process that leads to the flow of neurotransmitters between brain neurons - a dance of chemical messages so delicate that missteps......

Subject: Neurons

Researchers discover Achilles' heel in lethal form of prostate cancer

2011 NOV 28 -- NEW YORK - An international team of researchers led by clinicians at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a genetic Achilles' heel in an aggressive type of prostate cancer - a vulnerability they say can be attacked by a targeted drug that......

Subject: Cancer Gene Therapy

Study identifies genetic basis of human metabolic individuality

2011 NOV 7 -- NEW YORK - In what is so far the largest investigation of its kind, researchers uncovered a wide range of new insights about common diseases and how they are affected by differences between two persons' genes. The results from this study could......

Subject: Adverse Drug Reactions

Surprising drop in physicians' willingness to accept patients with insurance

2011 JUL 17 -- As required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, millions of people will soon be added to the ranks of the insured. However, this rapid expansion of coverage is colliding with a different, potentially problematic trend that......

Subject: Health Insurance

Tumor-targeting compound points the way to new personalized cancer treatments

2011 DEC 20 -- NEW YORK - One major obstacle in the fight against cancer is that anticancer drugs often affect normal cells in addition to tumor cells, resulting in significant side effects. Yet research into development of less harmful treatments geared toward......

Subject: Breast Cancer

US physician practices spend 4 times Canadian practices

2011 AUG 22 -- Physicians in the United States spend nearly four times as much dealing with health insurers and payers compared with doctors in Canada. Most of the difference stems from the fact that Canadian physicians deal with a single payer, in contrast to......

Subject: New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College

When erectile dysfunction isn't whole story

2011 SEP 5 -- For men with erectile dysfunction (ED), 65 percent are unable to have an orgasm and 58 percent have problems with ejaculation, according to new research led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.......

Subject: Erectile Dysfunction