Your body is a reflection of your health, and every day it sends out signals about how healthy or unhealthy you may be. If you can read the signs correctly, you will be better equipped to detect and prevent the onset of illness.

Standard blood-pressure-lowering treatment to reduce dangerously enlarged hearts is much less effective and less beneficial in diabetic vs. nondiabetic patients, a team led by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center researchers reports in this month's issue of Circulation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will receive an ENERGY STAR Award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management, recognizing the Hospital's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. It is the sixth award for NewYork-Presbyterian — more than any other hospital in the country — and the only award of its kind given this year to a hospital in the Northeast.

Leading hematologists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are presenting new basic and clinical research findings at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Atlanta, Dec. 8-11.

Noted facilities planner and architect Louis F. ("Fritz") Reuter IV has rejoined NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's management team as senior vice president for facilities development and real estate. Mr. Reuter was most recently assistant secretary-general and executive director of the Capital Master Plan at the United Nations and responsible for the $1.6 billion rebuilding of the U.N. Headquarters. Prior to that he was a member of the senior management team at NewYork-Presbyterian.

A noted leader in hospital administration and medical affairs, Dr. Laura Forese has been appointed chief operating officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Forese will continue to serve as chief medical officer and senior vice president at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, a position she has held since last year.

Thousands of men facing surgical removal of the prostate due to cancer may someday have one less thing to worry about: post-surgical urinary incontinence. That's because a team of expert urologic surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has devised a simple, effective means of reconstructing key anatomical structures that ensure continence.

Investment professional Gloria D. Reeg has been appointed Chief Investment Officer at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In this position, she will oversee NewYork-Presbyterian's investment portfolio in order to help ensure the Hospital's continued ability to provide quality patient care, clinical research, medical education and community service.