Pregnant women get morning sickness to protect fetus
Morning sickness, reports Cornell's Paul Sherman, protects both the pregnant woman and the developing embryo just when the fetus is most vulnerable. (June 25, 2008)

Researcher tries to break link between obesity and diabetes
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are inextricably linked, but biochemist and geneticist Ling Qi is working to break that connection, and finding just the right gene could do it. (June 5, 2008)

Videos offer tips on reducing breast-cancer risk
Cornell's Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors has produced three online videos telling young women to avoid personal-care products, cosmetics and plastics containing chemicals that mimic estrogen and may increase breast-cancer risk. (June 5, 2008)

Transgenic plants don't hurt non-targeted bugs, study finds
Genetically modified plants that use Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests won't harm the pests' natural enemies, according to new research by Cornell entomologists. (June 3, 2008)

Each $1 in state's nutrition education program reaps $10 benefit
For every dollar invested in the New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, the benefit is $10 in reduced medical costs and improved productivity, finds a new Cornell study. (May 29, 2008)

Aggression between residents is prevalent in nursing homes
New research by Karl Pillemer and Weill Cornell Medical College's Mark Lachs and Tony Rosen suggests that aggression and violence between nursing home residents is a prevalent and serious problem. (May 29, 2008)

Trauma of 9/11 appears to have altered brains, study suggests
Cornell study finds healthy adults who were close to the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have less gray matter in key emotion centers of their brains. (May 27, 2008)

New grants to create fabrics that render toxic chemicals harmless
Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts. (May 22, 2008)

Students vie for championship with TranquiliTea
TranquiliTea, a student-developed tea with health and beauty characteristics, is vying for the national title in the Student Food Product Development competition, June 28-July 1 in New Orleans. (May 21, 2008)

New York feeding ministries keep the faith by dropping fatty foods
Faith-based organizations that serve meals in New York City are learning to serve more healthful fare through Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City's Kitchens of Faith program. (May 8, 2008)

What horses can tell us now about the coming human flu pandemic
A Cornell expert believes that the next influenza pandemic is a lot more likely to be an H7 serotype rather than an H5, which has been circulating in the human population for almost 10 years. (April 22, 2008)

Cornell studies using vitamin D as cancer prevention
Researchers in Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine are collaborating with the Roswell Park Cancer Institute to study vitamin D's role in preventing cancer in several animal models. (April 9, 2008)

Caffeine prevents MS-like disease in mice
High quantities of caffeine may do more than just keep people awake. The stimulant may one day offer researchers a way to prevent multiple sclerosis. (April 8, 2008)

Weill Cornell issues statement on cancer research
Weill Cornell Medical College has refuted an article in The New York Times alleging that two researchers did not fully disclose that their research on CT screening for the early detection of lung cancer was partially funded by a tobacco company. (April 4, 2008)

Managed care is less effective in securing hospital discounts
Examining data for 1990 to 2003, Cornell Professor William White and other researchers found that discounts secured by managed-care organizations declined between 2001 and 2003. (March 13, 2008)

Business as usual not an option for rescuing world food system
The global food system is in disarray: Prices of fuel and food are skyrocketing; weather is wreaking havoc; and subsidies are misdirected. There is an urgent need for new policy priorities, says Per Pinstrup-Andersen in a Cornell Perspectives piece. (March 3, 2008)

Robotic prostate surgery study finds 5-year outcomes favorable
A new Weill Cornell study finds that prostate cancer patients receiving an advanced procedure to remove the prostate using a surgical robot have excellent outcomes five years after surgery. (Feb. 13, 2008)

French paradox redux? U.S. vs. French on being full
Why don't the French get as fat as Americans, considering all the wine, cheese and pastries they eat? Because they use internal cues -- such as no longer feeling hungry -- to stop eating. (Feb. 7, 2008)

A fruit a day may keep Alzheimer's away
Eating more apples, bananas and oranges just may help stave off such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, suggests a new Cornell study published online in the Journal of Food Science. (Feb. 6, 2008)

Chocolate: Savoring a deeply personal affair
With Valentine's Day on the horizon, Cornell's Jordan Le Bel says all kinds of chocolatey things are available. But the best chocolate is 'the one that gives you the most pleasure at the moment you're eating it.' (Feb. 6, 2008)

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell forms new cancer center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has expanded its cancer program into a new center dedicated to advancing research, prevention and treatment of the disease with multidisciplinary collaborations. (Feb. 6, 2008)

Weill Cornell wins $13 million award for vascular research
Weill Cornell Medical College has received $13 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to continue studying atherosclerosis and thrombosis, which are major risk factors for coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. (Jan. 29, 2008)

Red wine grapes may help prevent tooth decay, CU research shows
New research shows that both red wine grapes and winemaking residue contain substances that may help prevent cavities by interfering with the ability of bacteria to contribute to cavities. (Jan. 28, 2008)

Weill Cornell is helping to train doctors in Tanzania
Weill Cornell has partnered with the Touch Foundation and Sanford Weill to train doctors in Tanzania in an effort to alleviate the health-care crisis gripping that country. (Jan. 25, 2008)

Wedding day weight wishes: Lose more than 20 pounds
More than 70 percent of brides-to-be want to drop more than 20 pounds before the big day, reports a new Cornell study. Of those who want to lose weight, more than one-third use such extreme measures as diet pills, fasting or skipping meals to reach their goal. (Jan. 23, 2008)

Genetic discovery can boost provitamin A content in maize
A new study has identified a set of genetic variants in maize that accounts for levels of vitamin A precursors among varieties. The discovery could lead to at least tripling provitamin A levels in maize in Africa, where millions go blind due to vitamin A deficiency. (Jan. 17, 2008)