New York- Presbyterian Hospital


New York-Presbyterian Hospital was formed in 1998 with the merger of New York Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. New York-Presbyterian is the university hospital for Cornell and Columbia universities. New York-Presbyterian is actually five campuses. New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New-York Presbyterian Hospital/The Allen Pavilion, Morgan Stanley's Children's Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Westchester Division. New York-Presbyterian is rated as one of the largest medical centers in the world and is consistently rated in the top tier of teaching hospitals, research in complex diseases, cutting edge surgery and excellence in physician training.

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525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065

News Office

Email

ank2017 [at] med [dot] cornell [dot] edu

Phone

212-821-0560

Fax

Contact

leg2003@med.cornell.edu




"New York- Presbyterian Hospital" in the news:

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Diabetes surgery summit consensus lays foundation for new field of medicine

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A first-of-its-kind consensus statement on diabetes surgery is published online today in the Annals of Surgery. The report illustrates the findings of the first international consensus conference -- Diabetes Surgery Summit ...


Moderate-to-heavy exercise may reduce risk of stroke for men

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men who regularly take part in moderate-to-heavy intensity exercise such as jogging, tennis or swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who get no exercise or only light exercise, such as walking, golfing, ...


New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, ...


World's first delivery of intra-arterial Avastin directly into brain tumor

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world's first intra-arterial cerebral infusion of Avastin (bevacizumab) directly into a patient's malignant brain tumor. This novel ...


Minimally invasive surgery shown safe and effective treatment for rectal cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laparoscopic surgery has been used in the treatment of intestinal disorders for close to 20 years, but its benefits have only recently begun to be extended to people with rectal cancer. In a prospective study of 103 patients ...


Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. A recent $2.5 million grant from the New York State ...


Emerging imaging modalities impact diagnosis of digestive disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent advances in colonoscopic technology are featured in a number of studies presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology this week. In this research some technologies fare better ...


Three-day course of antibiotics may be sufficient following tonsillectomy

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who receive a three-day course of antibiotics following tonsillectomy rather than a seven-day course appear to have no differences in pain or how quickly they return to a normal diet and activity level, according ...


New Evidence Shakes up Perceptions of Salt

New Evidence Shakes up Perceptions of Salt

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are currently under development and regulations surrounding sodium consumption are being considered, an analysis of evidence to be released online ...


Microsoft's Rx for health care

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

You can pay your phone bill online, but you still need a pen and clipboard to fill out forms at a doctor's office. You can check in for a flight on the Internet, but you have to carry around a slip of paper with handwritten ...


Teen attitudes toward smoking linked to likelihood of drinking and using drugs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers looks at the specific ways parents and peers influence teenagers to smoke, drink and use marijuana in combination. Among their findings: attitudes toward smoking influenced ...


New genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) biosynthesis, according ...


Researchers discover new antituberculosis compounds

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Attempts to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) are stymied by the fact that the disease-causing bacteria have a sophisticated mechanism for surviving dormant in infected cells. Now, a team of scientists led by researchers from Weill ...


Study identifies which children do not need CT scans after head trauma

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A substantial percentage of children who get CT scans after apparently minor head trauma do not need them, and as a result are put at increased risk of cancer due to radiation exposure. After analyzing more than 42,000 children ...


Regular electrocardiograms may help physicians identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

QRS duration (QRSd) is one of several measures of heart function recorded during a routine electrocardiogram (ECG). It is a composite of waves showing the length of time it takes for an electrical signal to get all the way ...