Since 1996, the number of immunization injections per doctor visit has more than doubled. According to a new study by Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, as the number of injections has risen so have the number of parents and providers that postpone opportunities to get necessary vaccines a phenomenon they characterize as the pin cushion effect.

Summertime is almost here and that means it is time to pull out the Bermuda shorts and mini-skirts, but for many Americans summertime fashion can be a real pain in the legs. Almost two million Americans suffer with varicose veins, which can turn a sunny summer day into a wardrobe challenge — not to mention the pain and night cramps caused by this condition.

Physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center will join roughly 50 other medical centers around the world in studying whether an experimental drug delivered directly into the brain can extend the lives of people with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive form of primary brain tumor.

Herbert Pardes, M.D., President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, has been named to the National Commission on Systemic Interoperability. The Commission, authorized as part of the Medicare Modernization Act, has been charged by Congress with developing a strategic plan for the nation's health-care information technology infrastructure.

A substantial number of U.S. older persons — between 2 and 10 percent of the elderly population — are physically or mentally abused, and mistreated seniors are three times more likely to die within three years than those who are not abused, report two Cornell University gerontologists in the October 2 issue of the medical journal The Lancet.

Women have twice the risk of developing lung cancer from smoking as men, according to a study by a physician-scientist from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The study results, which are based on an analysis of two patient populations and 10 years of National Institutes of Health-supported research using computed tomography (CT) screening, may indicate a need for increased anti-smoking efforts directed at girls and women, the study's authors say.

“BE FAST” When It Comes to Stroke During National Stroke Awareness Month, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Stroke Centers Offer Tips on How to Recognize and Prevent Strokes

Every year, about 30,000 people in the U.S. develop a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a bleeding on the surface of the brain often caused by a ruptured aneurysm, or weak spot in a blood vessel.