Columbia University Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has received a $150,000 gift from the Avon Foundation to provide partial salary support over three years for an Avon Women's Health Scholar.

In a major expansion of its neurosurgery program, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center has named Dr. Susan Pannullo as its first Director of Neuro-Oncology in the Department of Neurological Surgery.

Gleevec, the new anti-leukemia drug from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, achieves a marked improvement in survival even for patients in the accelerated phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), according to a study to be presented on Monday afternoon, Dec. 9, at the meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in Philadelphia.

This intensive, hands-on field and laboratory course provided a unique and interdisciplinary curriculum that included aspects of field botany, evaluations of phytochemical diversity, and basic chemical-ecological assessments of biological activity.

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College, led by Dr. Carl Nathan, have now found that Mtb defends itself against oxidative stress by using a "bucket brigade" of proteins --­ including two proteins that have been widely known as being involved in essential metabolism.

Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Weill Cornell Medical Center today announced initial phase II study results that suggest the addition of celecoxib (CELEBREX®) to paclitaxel/carboplatin, a common chemotherapy regimen, contributed to a clinical response in non-small cell lung cancer patients prior to surgery.

A large, randomized study of more than 3,000 New York City schoolchildren (mostly African-American and Hispanic) has shown for the first time that a school-based prevention program that teaches early adolescents drug refusal skills and other essential behaviors can significantly decrease binge drinking for as long as two years after the initial intervention.

A new book by a renowned professor of radiology clears up many common misconceptions about lung cancer and offers a strong basis for hope to those who may face the disease.