Dr. Auma Obama, President Obama's sister, will be speaking and then signing copies of her new memoir, And Then Life Happens (St. Martin's Press, April 2012), on Monday, April 30, from 11:30 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. at the New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (3959 Broadway at West 166th Street).

It takes less than a minute for a stroke to change a person's life forever, but taking the time to make a few simple lifestyle adjustments and finding out how to recognize an attack when it happens can save thousands of lives.

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting is the largest annual psychiatric meeting with over 16,000 psychiatric professionals from around the world in attendance. The meeting features hundreds of educational sessions and presentations on the latest research, and serves as a symbol of the Association's commitment to improved patient care through professional education.

NY Med, an eight-part medical documentary series starring NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital premieres on Tuesday, July 10 at 10/9 PM Central on ABC

As a man's waistline grows, so can his experience with sexual dysfunction and frequent urination, say researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The study, published in the August issue of the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI), is the first to comprehensively show that obesity in men affects not just their hearts and metabolism, but also their sexual and urinary health.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College presented their annual Public Service Award to Senator Arlen Specter yesterday for his sustained efforts to increase support for biomedical research and enhance mental health care services at their reception during the 2012 American Psychiatric Association Meeting in Philadelphia.

May is National Stroke Awareness Month and NewYork-Presbyterian is working to spread awareness about stroke.

An internationally recognized glaucoma researcher and clinician, George A. Jack Cioffi, MD, has been appointed chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and ophthalmologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, effective March 1.