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• Dec 29, 2004 Weill Cornell Team Develops Fast-Acting Anthrax Vaccine

• Dec 21, 2004 Dr. Louis Aronne Named President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)

• Dec 17, 2004 Pollin Prize Recognizes Dr. Alfred Sommer for His Research Regarding Effects of Vitamin A Deficiency in Children in Underdeveloped Nations

• Dec 12, 2004 Dr. William B. Inabnet Named Chief of Endocrine Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

• Dec 7, 2004 40,000 NYC Residents Per Year to Receive Emergency Medical Care in New Emergency Room at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Pavilion

• Dec 7, 2004 Telemedicine Research Study Led By Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Selects American Telecare® To Continue Providing Technology

• Dec 1, 2004 Dr. Thomas Herzog Named Director of Gynecologic Oncology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

• Nov 29, 2004 Weill Cornell Institute and Westchester County Share $1.5 Million Grant on Depression in Older Adults

• Nov 23, 2004 Novel Brain Tumor Drug Treatment Available Exclusively at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center

• Nov 16, 2004 Weill Cornell Scientists Identify Mechanism Governing Immune System Suppression

• Nov 16, 2004 Reducing Enlarged Heart Muscle Cuts Patients' Cardiac Risk, Independent of Lowered Blood Pressure, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Report

• Nov 16, 2004 National Science Foundation Awards $491,000 To Develop First Robotic Surgical Instrument Server at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/The Allen Pavilion

• Nov 15, 2004 Weill Cornell Medical College Hematologist Receives Prestigious NIH MERIT Award

• Nov 15, 2004 "Healthy Schools Healthy Families" Targets Medically Underserved NYC Elementary School Students

• Nov 9, 2004 Westminster's Therapy Dog Program, Angel On A Leash, To Benefit Patients at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian

• Nov 8, 2004 Dr. Francis Barany Named to 2004 "Scientific American 50"

• Nov 8, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Physician-Scientists Present Findings at American Heart Association's Annual Conference

• Nov 8, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center Physician-Scientists Present Clinical Research at American Heart Association's Annual Conference

• Nov 2, 2004 Weill Cornell Welcomes Dr. Scott C. Blanchard; His Work in Fluorescence Microscopy Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Cell

• Nov 1, 2004 Study Shows Weight-Based REBETOL Dosing in Combination with PEG-INTRON Significantly Improves Viral Clearance in African-American Patients with Most-Difficult-To-Treat Form of Hepatitis C

• Nov 1, 2004 Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Good For the Heart, and (Maybe) Good for the Brain

• Oct 28, 2004 Hispanics and Whites Have Equal Outcomes in Prostate Cancer Treatment

• Oct 21, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian CEO Named to National Systemic Interoperability Commission

• Oct 20, 2004 Synapse Yields Up More Secrets, as Weill Cornell Team Sheds Light on Role of Key Protein

• Oct 18, 2004 Bold New Initiatives Are Needed to Address the Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance, According to Weill Cornell Expert

• Oct 14, 2004 Ten Thousand Dreams Come True Through NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell's IVF Program

• Oct 13, 2004 Wilhelmina Manzano Named Chief Nursing Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Healthcare System

• Oct 13, 2004 Scientists Solve Mystery of Long-Term Memory Formation

• Oct 13, 2004 Weill Cornell Scientists Challenge Standard View on Cellular Ion Channel Functioning

• Oct 12, 2004 Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Appoints Two Division Chiefs

• Oct 12, 2004 First-Ever Study of NYC Primary Care Doctors' Response to 2001 Anthrax Attacks Shows Prudent Care, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Report

• Oct 12, 2004 Elder Abuse: An Overlooked Phenomenon

• Oct 7, 2004 Breast Cancer Drug Taxotere Extends Life of Prostate Cancer Patients

• Oct 6, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Seeks Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma for Clinical Trial with Velcade (Bortezomib) for Injection

• Oct 3, 2004 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Month in New York; Funding Awarded to Local Organizations

• Sep 29, 2004 New Guide Helps Communities Prepare for Vaccine and Drug Dispensing in the Event of Bioterrorism or Other Public Health Emergency

• Sep 28, 2004 State-of-the-Art Institute of Robotic Urologic Surgery Established at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

• Sep 23, 2004 Successful Pregnancy Following Vasectomy Reversal More Effective in Men Who Remain With Same Female Partner

• Sep 23, 2004 Low Blood Sugar a Marker for Babies at Neurological Risk During Delivery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Suggests

• Sep 23, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Tests a New Way to Treat the Deadliest and Most Common Form of Brain Tumor

• Sep 22, 2004 Losartan Better Than Beta-Blocker at Shrinking Enlarged Hearts, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Shows

• Sep 21, 2004 Yale-Weill Cornell Collaboration Uncovers Secrets of the Synapse

• Sep 20, 2004 Children With Advanced Hodgkin's Disease Respond Favorably to New Drug Regimen

• Sep 17, 2004 Low-Dose, Over-the-Counter Statins May Be Safe, Effective Aid in Preventing Heart Disease for Americans at Moderate Risk, Says Weill Cornell Dean

• Sep 9, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian Vascular Residency Program Expanded To Include Columbia University Medical Center

• Sep 9, 2004 Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi Named to Top Surgery Post at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

• Sep 9, 2004 Immune Antibodies May Be Key to Lupus-Linked Memory Loss, Weill Cornell Scientist Says

• Sep 2, 2004 Study by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Researchers Shows Vascular Procedures Have Doubled in the U.S. in Last 20 Years

• Sep 2, 2004 A Novel Development in Bioinformatics, SigPath, Brings Data and Interactivity to Research on Cellular Networks

• Sep 2, 2004 Silencing Human Gene Through New Science of Epigenetics

• Aug 31, 2004 FDA Approves New Drug Application (NDA) of PET Drug Produced By Weill Cornell Team, a Tri-State Area First

• Aug 30, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian To Help Develop New Specialty Surgical Hospital in U.K.

• Aug 3, 2004 New Leadership Structure for Fundraising Office at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

• Aug 2, 2004 In Mouse Model, Weill Cornell Researchers Use Gene Therapy To Correct Deadly Inherited Immune Disorder

• Jul 21, 2004 Stomach Stimulator May Zap Away the Pounds by Tricking Body Into Feeling Full

• Jul 20, 2004 Weill Cornell Medical College Appoints Librarian

• Jul 7, 2004 Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Report Findings of Phase I Clinical Trial of Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer

• Jun 23, 2004 Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City Announce Affiliation With The Methodist Hospital in Houston

• Jun 21, 2004 Embryonic Cell Implants Improve Motor Skills in Parkinson's Patients

• Jun 9, 2004 Minimally Invasive Operating Rooms Open at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital To Treat Atherosclerosis and Other Endovascular Conditions

• Jun 9, 2004 Intercept (DBS) Device Implanted in Epilepsy Patient at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

• Jun 9, 2004 Firsts in Treatment of Epilepsy

• Jun 7, 2004 Chemotherapy Drug Taxotere Extends Life of Prostate Cancer Patients

• Jun 6, 2004 Common Bone Complications in Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients Lead to Increased Medical Costs

• Jun 4, 2004 Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Appoints Three Division Chiefs

• Jun 4, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Physicians Present at ASCO

• Jun 4, 2004 Getting to the Heart of Alzheimer's: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Physician-Scientist Believes Blood Flow Changes Are Key to Understanding the Disease

• May 26, 2004 An Aspirin a Day May Keep Breast Cancer Away

• May 25, 2004 Weill Cornell Medical College Breaks Ground for New Ambulatory Care and Medical Education Building

• May 24, 2004 Current Guidelines for Bone Fracture Prevention in Postmenopausal Women Evaluated in Study Authored by NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Physician-Scientist

• May 21, 2004 Beyond Methuselah: Weill Cornell Scientists Identify a Fly Gene Linked to Aging — Discovery Could Lead to Drugs That Extend Human Life

• May 19, 2004 NYC Mental Health Resource Directory for Older Adults Now Available

• May 17, 2004 Weill Cornell Scientist Helps NYC's Poor Readers Improve

• May 17, 2004 Largest Study of its Kind Shows Blacks With Hypertension Have Greater Thickening of Heart Muscle Than Whites After Accounting for Blood Pressure Levels

• May 12, 2004 Weill Cornell Launches New Stem Cell Center With $15 Million Grant

• May 12, 2004 Minimally Invasive Surgery Proven Safe, Effective for Patients with Confined Colon Cancer

• May 7, 2004 Largest Urology Meeting in the World To Include Physician-Scientists From NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

• May 7, 2004 Head-Cooling Device Prevents Brain Damage in Oxygen-Deprived Infants, Says New Study

• May 5, 2004 CHANEL Endows Annual Prize To Support Advances in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

• May 3, 2004 Doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Win the Battle Against Varicose Veins

• May 1, 2004 With More Required Injections, More Missed Vaccines

• Apr 29, 2004 Read the Book and Make an Appointment in the Morning

• Apr 29, 2004 Greenberg Prize Awarded to Dr. Wayne Isom

• Apr 28, 2004 First NYC Patient Receives New Alternative to Open Heart Surgery for Mitral Valve Regurgitation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

• Apr 27, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Discover Non-Protease Inhibitor Drug Combo Better Than Others for Fighting HIV

• Apr 26, 2004 New Research To Address Pressing Question: Will Early Lung Cancer Detection Lead to Tobacco Cessation?

• Apr 20, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell's Psychiatric Programs Renamed

• Apr 16, 2004 Researchers Discover Possible Way Beta-Amyloid Protein Kills Nerve Cells in Brains Affected by Alzheimer's Disease

• Apr 14, 2004 Healthy Talk: NewYork-Presbyterian Promotes Vocal Health as Part of World Voice Day

• Apr 13, 2004 Researchers Find Drug Combo May Help Prevent Potentially Life-Threatening Condition in Children Undergoing Stem Cell Transplant

• Apr 12, 2004 The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital and the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian Announce Partnership in Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Surgery

• Apr 7, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Researchers Report Subarachnoid Hemorrhage �?? A Type of Bleeding in The Brain �?? Is Often Mistaken for Migraine, Tension Headache

• Mar 30, 2004 Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health Opens at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell

• Mar 26, 2004 For the First Time, Genome of Water-Contaminating Parasite, Cryptosporidium, Is Sequenced

• Mar 26, 2004 Weill Cornell Researchers Solve 30-Year Puzzle of Nerve Cell Function

• Mar 24, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Discover Combination of Two Common Heart Tests Is Strong Predictor of Death in Patients

• Mar 23, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Discover Growth Factor Combo That Protects Heart After Attack

• Mar 22, 2004 Dr. Peter Schlegel Appointed to Top Urology Post

• Mar 22, 2004 A New York City First: Brain Cancer Patient Receives Unique Liquid Radiation Treatment at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

• Mar 19, 2004 Researchers Discover Factor That Kills Cells After Brain Injury

• Mar 19, 2004 Researchers Find Less Toxic Treatment Safe for Children With Cancer

• Mar 17, 2004 Dr. Herbert Pardes Named to Markle Foundation Board of Directors

• Mar 10, 2004 Psychiatric Patient Resource Center Opens at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

• Mar 3, 2004 Physician-Scientists First To Obtain Embryo After Breast Cancer Patient's Ovarian Tissue Is Frozen, Stored for Six Years, Then Reimplanted Under Abdominal Skin

• Mar 2, 2004 Weill Cornell Researchers Redesign Human Protein To Mimic Blood Clot-Preventing Enzyme Used by Biting Insects

• Feb 27, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Investigators Find Way To Improve the Care of Depression in the Elderly

• Feb 27, 2004 Weill Cornell Receives $950,000 Grant for Study of Mantle Cell Lymphoma Treatment

• Feb 25, 2004 Weill Cornell Researchers Discover Key Triggers in Nerve Cell Damage

• Feb 25, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell First Center in Northeast To Create Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Program

• Feb 24, 2004 Maria Masciotti Appointed Director of Development at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

• Feb 20, 2004 Weill Cornell Professor Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

• Feb 19, 2004 Vasectomy Myth Debunked: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study Finds Vasectomy Reversal Highly Effective, Even After 15 Years

• Feb 18, 2004 Freezing Treatment Unblocks Arteries

• Feb 12, 2004 Chest Pain: Sign of Heartburn or Heart Attack?

• Feb 12, 2004 Weill Cornell Researchers Discover Growth Factor Boosts Heart Cell Production in Damaged Hearts

• Feb 11, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Helps Leads Nationwide Change in Treatment of Emphysema Patients

• Feb 11, 2004 "Camera Pill" May be Useful in Diagnosing Conditions in the Esophagus

• Feb 9, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Researchers Discover Electrocardiogram Abnormalities Could Be Potentially Deadly Sign for Diabetics

• Feb 3, 2004 Weill Cornell Cardiology Division Named for Benefactors Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg

• Feb 2, 2004 A Scientific First: Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Infertile Couple Frees Baby of Disfiguring Heart Ailment

• Jan 30, 2004 Weill Medical College of Cornell University Receives $500,000 Bristol-Myers Squibb "Freedom To Discover" Grant

• Jan 30, 2004 Weill Cornell Scientists Discover Tumor Suppressor, Prostate Cancer Link

• Jan 30, 2004 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Researchers Discover New Technique Boosts Survival and Speeds Recovery For Aneurysm Patients

• Jan 28, 2004 First Successful Embryo Biopsy for Deadly Genetic Cancer �?? Retinoblastoma

• Jan 22, 2004 Weill Cornell Receives Avon Foundation Grant for Complementary and Integrative Program on Meditation-Based Stress Reduction for Women Cancer Patients

• Jan 21, 2004 Weill Cornell Researchers Discover Secret for Recalling Stem Cells

• Jan 21, 2004 Labor and Delivery Unit Opens at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

• Jan 9, 2004 Female Smokers Twice as Likely as Men To Develop Lung Cancer, Weill Cornell Study Finds

• Jan 5, 2004 Combination Therapy Significantly Delays Progression of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

• Jan 5, 2004 Early Treatment of Blinding Eye Disease in Infants Can Prevent Severe Vision Loss