It’s becoming well established that maternal stress during pregnancy can affect fetal and child development as well as birth outcomes, and a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian now identifies the types of physical and psychological stress that may matter most.

Major strides have been made to improve maternal safety in the United States, but these achievements will have to be sustained and expanded to successfully reduce maternal mortality, according to a report by experts at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and other organizations.

Turning a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure into an entertaining superhero adventure helps prepare young children for the test and reduces the need for sedation, according to new research by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

Renowned immunologist Joshua Milner, MD, named chief of pediatric allergy, immunology, and rheumatology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the second most common cancer among both men and women in the United States, according to the CDC. In recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November, Dr. Benjamin Lee, chief of thoracic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, shares tips on how to prevent and detect lung cancer and other respiratory diseases.

Dr. Anna Penn, a renowned neonatologist and developmental neuroscientist whose research is aimed at understanding the role of the placenta in preterm brain development and injury, has been named chief of neonatology at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and chief of the Division of Neonatology in the Department of Pediatrics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she will also serve as associate professor of pediatrics.

As the temperatures drop in New York City, it’s important to focus on health and safety when braving the cold this season.

Dr. Randy Longman, an accomplished physician-scientist, has been appointed director of the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.