Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, is internationally recognized for his research on retroviruses and the genetic basis of cancer.
A new study of some 93,000 postmenopausal American women found those with the highest amounts of sedentary time – defined as sitting and resting but excluding sleeping – died earlier than their most active peers.
Students in Cornell's Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service and the Urban Semester Summer Program co-hosted a free health fair July 28 in Brooklyn. (Aug. 9, 2012)
A recent CaRDI roundtable focused on health challenges in rural communities across New York state and the potential to enhance the impacts of school-based health clinics on community health.
How much money would be saved if one high-risk person was prevented from contracting HIV in the United States? A new Weill Cornell study provides the answer.
Psychologist Valerie Reyna and colleagues have developed a computer-based system using artificial intelligence to mimic one-on-one human tutoring to guide women making difficult decisions regarding preventive testing.
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.