One-year data from the PARTNER clinical trial, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate that transcatheter aortic-valve implantation, compared with standard therapy, resulted in significantly lower rates of death among patients who cannot undergo surgery for aortic stenosis. The results will be presented tomorrow as a Late Breaking Trial at the 22nd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Official Hospital of the New York Yankees, is launching the National Nurses Week celebration locally with a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) on one of the largest HD screens in the sports world. The PSA are being shown at Yankee Stadium during three home games against the Baltimore Orioles on May 3, 4 and 5. National Nurses Week is traditionally celebrated annually during the first week in May.

Patients at high risk of a heart attack are being enrolled in a study which examines whether patients provided with information in one of three different ways differ in their levels of individualized knowledge about risks and signs for heart attack.

One in six American couples of childbearing age has difficulty conceiving, despite the fact that medical advances in fertility have never been so numerous. An infertile couple needs expert help, but first of all it needs information, and for that it can turn to the new, Third Edition of The Couple's Guide to Fertility.

It doesn’t take much imagination to see that preventing falls, brightening dark and depressing spaces, and generally making environments habitable can be among the most important elements for improving the health of the elderly. So perhaps the only thing surprising about Project GEM (Gerontologic Environmental Modification) in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center is its uniqueness. It is the only Hospital-based program of its kind around.

New York Weill Cornell Medical Center of New York-Presbyterian Hospital today announced its participation in a new international study organized by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) to understand how genes contribute to the development of diabetic kidney disease.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has accredited NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as a Bariatric Surgery Center Network (BSCN) hospital with the highest possible designation (1A), in recognition of the Hospital's ability to offer patients the best care available. The top-level designation is a first for New York state and one of only seven nationwide. An estimated 30 percent of U.S. adults 20 years of age and older are obese -- more than 60 million people. Obesity increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. As few as 5 percent of people who participate in non-surgical weight-loss programs lose a significant amount of weight and maintain that loss for a long period of time.

No fewer than six of this year's inductees to the prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) are from Weill Cornell Medical College.