New York, NY (September 17, 2004) -- Cholesterol-busting statin medications have revolutionized the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD), the leading killer of American men and women.But a recent move by the British government toward approval of low-dose, over-the-counter (OTC) simvastatin (Zocor®) has raised heated debate here in the U.S. Now, in his editorial in the September 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology, Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Professor of Medicine and the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, says the proven effectiveness and good safety record of statin medications argues for a similar move in the U.S.
Question: How do you know you are in Robin Davisson's lab?
Answer: The postdoc is still wearing an Iowa Hawkeyes T-shirt under her white lab coat.
A new faculty hire in the College of Veterinary Medicine's Department of…
Stephen Kresovich, professor of plant breeding and director of the Institute for Genomic Diversity at Cornell University, has been named director of the university's Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies.
A profile of Roberto Einaudi, B.Arch. '61, a founder and the first director of the Cornell in Rome Program, son of International Studies Program founder Mario Einaudi, and member of a prominent Italian political family. (Dec. 6, 2007)
Sanford I. Weill, chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell, and Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., dean of the Medical College, announced today that the school will launch a second Challenge Match to help complete its $750 million capital campaign.
It may soon be possible to produce a low cost, high-value, high-strength fiber from a biodegradable and renewable waste product for air filtration, water filtration and agricultural nanotechnology, report polymer scientists at Cornell.
Judith Surkis, a graduate student in the Department of History at Cornell, has received a Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship from Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most respected academic honorary society.
The drought that devastated agriculture in the northeastern United States was the most significant of 9 major weather events in the region last year, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) at Cornell.
Cornell University appointed the principal officers for eCornell, the university's new distance learning subsidiary, according to an announcement by Peter C. Meinig, chairman of the board of directors of eCornell.
Among the many members of the extended Cornell community, trustees, alumni and friends who will be participating in the inauguration ceremonies for President David Skorton, four will play a particularly visible role. They are…