Relax! Slip on an electric vest to knead away stress

A new startup led by three Cornell students is developing a garment that gently gives a massage to reduce harmful amounts of stress in the body.

Project aims to lure locavores to the wild side

Researchers and extension educators are working to help promote regional wild fish and game species to locavores as healthy food options, by adding the data they've collected to nutritional databases and starting a Wild Harvest Table initiative.

Book dissects anatomy training, surgical education

“Bodies in Formation: An Ethnography of Anatomy and Surgery Education” by Rachel Prentice describes how surgical simulators and other technologies are shaping surgeons in the 21st century.

Urban Scholars share stories of public service

The Cornell Urban Scholars Program program matched 14 undergraduates with nonprofit and government agencies in New York City for eight-week paid service-based internships. The students reflected on their experiences a reception July 24.

Skipping breakfast may be healthy way to shed weight

If you skip breakfast, don’t worry about overeating at lunch or the rest of the day, say two Cornell nutritional scientists. In fact, nixing breakfast a few times a week may be a reasonable strategy to shed pounds.

Hampshire pig gets pioneering cancer treatment

Nemo, a Hampshire pig, is believed to be the first pig to be treated for lymphoma and to undergo chemotherapy. He's been living at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.

Jobs that pay for pounds lost can work

Employers are increasingly offering cash and other incentives to motivate workers to lose weight, and a new study finds that the type and frequency of rewards are key factors to success.

Smartphone app for bipolar patients wins $100K prize

A team led by Tanzeem Choudhury, assistant professor of computing and information science, has won the $100,000 first prize in the Heritage Open mHealth Challenge with a mobile app designed to assist patients with bipolar disorder.

Fruit fly midguts provide human abdomen acumen

A new study provides a detailed molecular and anatomical atlas of the fruit fly digestive tract and a website on the health and diseases of this complex organ.