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…

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.

Food for seniors, vaccine delivery are the Big Ideas

Ideas to provide seniors with better food and deliver vaccines via peanuts won top prizes in the annual Big Idea competition April 19.

Kids more likely to eat apples when fruit is sliced

Schoolchildren will eat apples much more often when the fruit is sliced, reports a new Cornell study.