A study found that casual sexual 'hookups' increased a teenager's odds for depression nearly threefold, but teen sex in a committed relationship had no effect on depression levels. (Dec. 4, 2012)
Cornell researchers have developed a quick, inexpensive way to detect rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea that kills a half million people a year, mostly infants and young children. (May 9, 2011)
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and at the American Museum of Natural History have assembled the first complete genome of one of humanity's oldest and least-loved companions: the bedbug.
Physician, researcher and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar interim dean Javaid I. Sheikh has been appointed dean of the college, effective Jan. 1.
Female athletes with low levels of iron in their bodies, yet who are not anemic, may be at a disadvantage even before their competitive season starts, according to a new Cornell study. (Nov. 18, 2011)
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…
Public health, policy, government and trade experts discussed Ebola's social and economic impacts on affected countries in Africa at a Nov. 10 roundtable on campus.