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.

Study: Smoking spiked among former quitters post 9/11

A Weill Cornell Medical College public health study finds about 1 million people in the United States resumed smoking after 9/11, which could cost billions in health care expenses.

How foods are 'sized' affects how much we eat

A new study shows that whether foods are labeled small, regular or double-sized influences how much people will consume – and how much they'll pay for them.

Model recreates wear and tear of osteoarthritis

Cornell engineers have created a model that simulates prolonged joint loading, leading to similar conditions found in osteoarthritis sufferers.

Expelled DNA that traps toxins may backfire in obese

A new study suggests that the body’s most powerful immune cells have a radical way of catching their prey that could backfire on people who are overweight and others at risk for various diseases.