http://www.nyp.org/nyp-hospitalnews.xml Hospital News Hospital News en http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/okin-gender-heart-disease.html Women may respond less favorably than men to cardiovascular disease (CV) drug-treatments for enlarged heart, according to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists. 2008-07-01 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/okin-gender-heart-disease.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/ranks-work-IT.html NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the country's top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals, according to Computerworld magazine's annual survey. It ranks among the top three organizations in New York City, and is the City's only hospital named. The June 30 special issue also lists NewYork-Presbyterian as one of the top two IT workplaces for diversity, and first in the category for the Mid-Atlantic region. 2008-07-01 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/ranks-work-IT.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/hartl-brain-injury-nutrition.html Clinician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are suggesting an immediate and important change to guidelines used in the care of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The researchers say that following TBI, patients should be given nutritional supplementation through a gastric feeding tube as soon as possible, which they say can improve their chances of survival by as much as four-fold. 2008-07-01 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/hartl-brain-injury-nutrition.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/hospital-green-initiaves.html Demonstrating the overlapping benefits of healing and good environmental stewardship, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital now uses cleaning chemicals that are certified as safer for humans and for the great outdoors. 2008-06-30 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/hospital-green-initiaves.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/fosamax-fracture-risk.html There is new evidence linking risk for one kind of fracture with long-term use of bisphosphonates -- drugs like Fosamax that are prescribed to treat osteoporosis in older persons by increasing bone density in order to prevent fractures. 2008-06-26 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/fosamax-fracture-risk.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/asbestos-lung-cancer.html The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.

2008-06-26 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/asbestos-lung-cancer.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/therapy-heart-failure.html Could injecting a gene into a patient with severe heart failure reverse their disabling and life-threatening condition? Physician-scientists are setting out to answer that question in a first-ever clinical trial of gene therapy to treat severe heart failure. 2008-06-18 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/therapy-heart-failure.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/weight-loss-teens.html Teenagers' obesity-related medical complications improve just six months after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, according to outcomes data presented this week. The preliminary results by physician-scientists from Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Medical Center were presented on June 17 at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. 2008-06-18 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/weight-loss-teens.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/support-childrens-hospitals.html Twenty-nine patient families from across the U.S. will travel to Washington, D.C., to speak with federal lawmakers about an issue of vital importance to them — the fate of children's health care and the essential role that children's hospitals play in the community. The meeting is part of national Family Advocacy Day, June 18 and 19, coordinated by the National Association of Children's Hospitals (N.A.C.H.). 2008-06-17 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/support-childrens-hospitals.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/min-radiology-appt.html A pioneer in the field of interventional radiology, Dr. Robert Min has been appointed radiologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and chairman of radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he is also associate professor of radiology. Previously, he served as the Department's acting chair. Dr. Min is the inventor of endovenous laser therapy for treating venous insufficiency -- when the leg's veins cannot effectively return blood to the heart. Now 10 years old, the minimally invasive technique is used by thousands of physicians around the world to treat a variety of conditions, including varicose veins. 2008-06-06 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/min-radiology-appt.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/usnews-best-childrens-hosp.html NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the only New York hospital to rank in all seven clinical areas reported in the 2008 U.S.News & World Report "America's Best Children's Hospitals" issue. The Hospital also ranks among the top 10 nationally in three categories: Neonatal Care (#4), Heart & Heart Surgery (#6) and Digestive Disorders (#8). 2008-05-30 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/usnews-best-childrens-hosp.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/nyphc-presents-asco.html Physician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center will present their latest research findings at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, May 30 to June 3. 2008-05-30 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/nyphc-presents-asco.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/nypwc-presents-asco.html Leading oncologists and cancer researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago, May 30 to June 3. 2008-05-30 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/nypwc-presents-asco.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/wii-entertain-patients.html New entertainment options in the form of a Starlight Nintendo Wii Fun Center videogame system and a free DVD rental kiosk will soon be available to patients at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian, thanks to a donation from the tri-state area Starlight Children's Foundation's Pediatric Hospital Support Program. 2008-05-15 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/wii-entertain-patients.html http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/leader-international-initiative.html A leader in global health care initiatives, Dr. Kenneth Ouriel, former chairman of the Division of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and CEO of the Clinic's Sheikh Khalifa Medical City project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will join NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on June 2 as senior vice president for International Operations, a newly created position. 2008-05-13 12:00:00 http://www.nyp.org/news/hospital/leader-international-initiative.html