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.

Married psychiatrists Drs. Philip Lee and Diane Rudolph say that just one percent of Americans are completely satisfied in their relationship with their spouse or partner. The 99 percent of Americans who are feeling somewhat dissatisfied with their significant other should use Valentine's Day to reflect on all the things they love about their mates and give their relationship a tune-up.

A team of surgeons and members of the breast cancer program of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center is conducting a two-year pilot study of an innovative microsurgery technique coupled with imaging technology to not only prevent lymphedema but also potentially detect and treat it early.

A multi-center analysis, led by Weill Cornell Medical College and published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, shows the use of temporary "fully covered self-expanding metal stents" (FCSEMS) can effectively fix a painful and potentially life-threatening benign biliary stricture — a severely blocked or narrowed bile duct.

For high-blood-pressure patients, preventing or reducing enlarged heart (left ventricular hypertrophy or LVH) reduces risk of heart failure. The study is published in the Sept. 4 Annals of Internal Medicine and led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.

A renowned hematologist and leader in academic medicine, Dr. Andrew I. Schafer has been named chairman of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Schafer, who will also be the E. Hugh Luckey Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, joins the Medical Center from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was chairman of medicine.

The first Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research, the sole international award for advances in children's health care, has been awarded to four clinician-scientists who made seminal contributions to the discovery and implementation of a simple, inexpensive, and dramatically effective therapy to combat one of the most common life-threatening pediatric illnesses -- infectious diarrhea.

Ten exceptional physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital have been named the inaugural Samberg Scholars in Children's Health, a newly endowed appointment made possible by the generous donation of $25 million from hospital trustee Arthur Samberg and his wife, Rebecca. The scholars were officially appointed at a ceremony yesterday at the hospital, attended by Mr. and Mrs. Samberg and about 100 colleagues and supporters of the new scholars.