Health, Nutrition & Medicine

How food shortages reprogram immune system response

When food is scarce, stress hormones direct the immune system to operate in “low power” mode to preserve immune function while conserving energy.

Robotic medical crash cart eases workload for healthcare teams

Researchers have unveiled a robotic crash cart that uses verbal and visual cues to help healthcare teams access the right tools — fast. 

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Could a common nutrient reduce pregnancy inflammation?

Researchers found that higher recent dietary choline intake was associated with lower levels of inflammation in the third trimester.

Chemist Song Lin wins Snapdragon Prize

The award recognizes innovation in modern pharmaceutical discovery and manufacturing. 

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Are we asking the right questions to prevent tick-borne illnesses?

Research on prior surveys finds very few people have been asked why they chose not to take preventative actions.

Discovery illuminates how inflammatory bowel disease promotes colorectal cancer

Research unveiled a chain of immune reactions in the gut driven by a key signaling protein and a surge of white blood cells from the bone marrow.

Americans still see opioid overdose as a crisis

Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups, according to a national survey conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Vitamin B12 clues offer hope for new therapies

New data about the ill effects of low B12 levels underscores the urgency of screening and intervention.

Pre-cancerous states identified in seemingly normal aging tissues

A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the first time, in a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.