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.

As many as one quarter of HIV patients have drug resistance, limiting their treatment options and raising their risk for AIDS and death. Now, maraviroc, the first of a new class of HIV drugs called CCR5 receptor antagonists, has been shown to be effective over 48 weeks for drug-resistant patients with R5 HIV-1, a variation of the virus found in more than half of HIV-infected patients.

The Lang Youth Medical Program for middle and high school students — the only hospital-based medical mentoring program of its kind in New York City — will welcome this year's class of students, who will be honored in a special white-coat ceremony, and celebrate the accomplishments of its first class of graduating seniors. The Oct. 29 event will be held at 6 p.m. at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the top academic medical center in the nation for employee engagement — including job satisfaction, concern for patient care and effective communication — according to a new survey by HR Solutions Inc., a Chicago-based consulting firm.

The fifth leading cause of cancer in the United States, lymphoma is made up of more than 40 rare and highly diverse diseases that target the body's lymphatic system. Lymphomas include both one of the fastest growing cancers — Burkitt's lymphoma, which can double in size in as little as a day — and one of the slowest, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Phase I results of the first clinical trial of gene therapy for patients with advanced heart failure show the approach to be promising, with improvements in several measures of the condition's severity.

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.

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).