Human mothers’ experience of pain and the expression of distress occur today because human ancestors who cried for help survived in greater numbers, according a hypothesis by Cornell psychologist Barbara L. Finlay.
Fredrick Blaisdell '16 and Steven Ingram '16 have received 2015 Udall scholarships, for students who show potential for careers in environmental public policy, health care and tribal public policy.
Dr. Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz and Dr. Dan Landau have won Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) grants totaling nearly $1.5 million for innovative research projects in ovarian cancer and combination cancer therapy.
One-year grants will help six institutions test promising obesity prevention interventions that could make healthy choices easier for low-income families.
Cornell and New York state scientists estimate that some gardeners who toil in urban gardens and children at play in them could be exposed to lead levels that exceed FDA thresholds, as reported in Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
Cornell researchers have developed an experimental strategy to identify infertility-causing mutations found in human populations, with implications for diagnoses and treatments.
Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss in breast cancer patients, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that a known biomarker of bone mineral density also can be used to monitor the effects of testosterone therapy in men who suffer from osteoporosis.