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Risk of Cardiovascular Event Jumps Significantly Before Cancer Diagnosis

December 21, 2018

Dr. Babak Navi

Older adults with cancer are nearly 70 percent more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack in the year prior to their diagnosis compared with peers without a cancer diagnosis in that same time period, according to new research by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center investigators.

The paper, published Dec. 21 in the...

Opportunity Knocks

December 19, 2018

Illustration of a student walking through a key-shaped door.

By Molly Schulson
Illustrations by Aaron Sacco

For three Weill Cornell Medicine summer training programs—all dedicated to helping socioeconomically disadvantaged or minority undergraduates explore careers in the medical sciences—this is a milestone year. Two of them, Advancing Cornell Career Experiences for Science Students (ACCESS) and Gateways to the Laboratory, mark 25 years of service, while the Travelers Summer Research Fellowship celebrates 50. All three provide...

Gift establishes Friedman Center for Nutrition and Inflammation

December 10, 2018

A scientist and his team
With a $7.5 million gift from the Friedman Family Foundation, endowed by Stephen and Vice Chair Overseer Barbara Friedman, Weill Cornell Medicine has established an innovative cross-campus center dedicated to improving human health through research in the complex relationship between nutrition, inflammation and the development of disease.

The...

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