A protein called Them1 prevents fat burning in cells by blocking access to the fuel source, according to preclinical research by Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian and Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center investigators.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York and No. 7 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This is the 21st consecutive year NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the top-ranked hospital in New York.

A large percentage of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 have diabetes. Many have hyperglycemia, increased insulin resistance, and even new presentations of diabetes

According to Dr. Lowe, there has been a three-fold increase in thyroid cancer over the past three decades, with more than 50,000 cases in the United States in 2018, mainly driven by the increased number of early-stage papillary thyroid cancers.

Heart problems in children hospitalized with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C)—an inflammatory condition triggered by COVID—were mostly gone within a few months, a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian has found.

Growth impairment, a common complication of Crohn’s disease in children, occurs more often in males than females, but the reasons are unclear. Now, a physician-scientist from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian and colleagues at eight other centers have found that factors associated with statural growth differ by sex.

At the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, surgeons are pioneering weight loss techniques and continue to refine minimally invasive approaches to advance the field.

Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, one of the nation’s leading colorectal surgeons, has been named Chief of Colorectal Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.