More than 200 NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital employees – from the Hospital President to the mailroom staff- donned pink gloves today for their shot at winning the 2013 Medline Pink Glove Dance competition.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital's Ambulatory Surgery team has been named a 2015 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey Associates, Inc. for the second year in a row.

A new study is set to reopen the public debate over menopausal hormone therapy (HT). By focusing on younger, recently menopausal women, the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS) seeks to show that supplemental estrogen prevents or delays the onset of heart disease - the number one killer of women. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is one of eight national study sites. The four-year randomized clinical trial will recruit 720 women in order to determine whether estrogen slows the rate of hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), the major cause of heart attacks. The study will also examine if an estrogen skin patch is more effective than an estrogen pill. HT reduces symptoms of menopause -- including hot flashes, abnormal vaginal bleeding, and mood changes.

A thumb-sized sound processor worn behind the ear and held in place by a small, magnetized titanium implant inserted under the skin is now being offered at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center to people with single-sided sensorineural hearing loss and for those with conductive hearing loss who cannot wear conventional hearing aids.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center now offers a system that uses image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) to treat patients with brain and spine tumors and other brain abnormalities. With this new system, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell doctors can deliver highly accurate doses of radiation therapy to targeted areas in the brain while maximizing patient comfort in a procedure called stereotactic radiosurgery.

While the three decades since the start of the American War on Cancer have witnessed many innovative offensive strategies to treat the disease, a new key battle that may well be the turning point has emerged the battle of prevention. As part of this attempt to keep the enemy from even entering the field, the Cancer Prevention Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has launched a national newsletter and Web site to keep both consumers and health professionals abreast of the latest developments in this new field of cancer prevention.

The former director of the New York State Department of Health's Office of Health Systems, Wayne M. Osten, has been appointed Vice President of NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System for System Development. In his new role, Mr. Osten will help foster the development evolution of the Healthcare System. He will also identify and create opportunities for the System's expanded operational and academic role in health policy education and research.

Heart disease is the number one killer of adults in the United States. Each year over one million adults die from heart disease. But take heart: there are steps that can be taken to minimize risk factors and prevent heart disease, including eating a heart-healthy diet, participating in physical activity, and not smoking.