More gym class time cuts risk of obesity

Increasing how much time schoolchildren spend in gym class reduces their risk of obesity, particularly among boys, reports a new Cornell study.

Cornell, Iowa share $10.6M obesity, hypertension grant

A Cornell researcher collaborating with colleagues at the University of Iowa is part of a five-year, $10.6 million grant to study the role of the brain in links between obesity and high blood pressure.

Hospital executive urges radical health care reform

Hospital executive Reginald M. Ballantyne III, MBA '67, discussed his ideas for health care reform at the Sloan Program in Health Administration's alumni weekend May 4.

Adding veggies to your diet helps cut global warming

If the carnivorous U.S. population – as a whole – ate a more-vegetarian diet that included eggs and milk products, the environment would be greatly relieved, says a preliminary Cornell study.

Leading economist to head India health initiative

Prabhu Pingali, former World Bank economist and deputy director of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be spearheading a Cornell effort to help reduce poverty and malnutrition in India.

Scientists find clues to some inherited heart diseases

Cornell researchers have uncovered the basic cell biology that helps explain heart defects found in laminopathies, which account for up to 10 percent of all cases of inherited heart disease.

Exercise could reduce bone tumor growth

Biomedical researchers report that mechanical stimulation of cancerous bone, in making bone stronger, seems to make tumors weaker.

Turn out the light: 'Switch' determines cancer cell fate

Xiling ShenA graphical abstract illustrates how a microRNA acts as a hard switch to determine colon cancer stem cell fate.Like picking a career or a movie, cells have to make decisions – and cancer results from cells making wrong…

Discovery could revolutionize immunization

New research shows that small populations of preprogrammed immune cells are innate and can fight specific pathogens that they have never encountered.