Cornell is the only institution in the country that offers a new test for salmonella dublin, which can affect cattle and endangers humans. (Oct. 31, 2012)
Using a new research approach to study the medical costs of obesity, a Cornell researcher and colleague find that its costs are twice as high as previously thought. (Oct. 20, 2010)
An experiment found that adding a colored potato chip in a tube of chips helped subjects eat fewer chips and accurately keep track of what they had eaten. (May 14, 2012)
Volunteers assembled 54 feminine hygiene kits at the Human Ecology Building Nov. 12. The kits will go to poor women in Africa and Asia. (Nov. 17, 2011)
Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $75 million gift from Sandra and Edward Meyer ‘48 and the Sandra and Edward Meyer Foundation to enhance the medical college’s cancer research and care programs.
A dieter's decision to eat or not is often determined by powerful environmental cues that he or she is probably not even aware of. But daily weighing can help, reports a new Cornell study. (Nov. 16, 2011)
A discovery by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators may settle a longstanding debate about how cancers spread, the investigators say, and may change the way many forms of the disease are treated.
A new grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support three nutrition graduate students to focus on obesity, taking an ecological perspective. (Oct. 22, 2008)
The same types of bacteria found in arterial plaque, which causes atherosclerosis, are also found in the mouth and gut, according to a Cornell study. (Oct. 12, 2010)