In the first published study of its kind, researchers from the Catholic University/Policlinico Gemelli in Rome, Italy, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center found that bariatric surgery dramatically outperforms standard medical treatment of severe type 2 diabetes.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College have established the Center for Prostate Cancer at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, a comprehensive center dedicated to research into and the treatment of prostate cancer.

Hudson Valley Hospital Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital have established a new relationship aimed at increasing access to state-of-the-art care for residents of the Hudson Valley and Westchester County. Hudson Valley Hospital Center has been renamed NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital.

A painless, 20-second test could save more than 100,000 lives annually in the United States by detecting lung cancer at an early, curable stage, say researchers. Their dramatic findings show that low-dose CT (low radiation dose computed tomography) can find lung tumors long before they appear on traditional chest x-rays.

Doctors treating localized prostate cancer have long been frustrated by not knowing which patients will or will not respond to radiation therapy. A significant proportion of patients fail therapy due to rising post-treatment prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels. To solve this dilemma, researchers at Weill Medical College of Cornell University examined two genetic markers, bcl-2 and p53 in prostate biopisies, and developed a model that will help predict who will fail radiation therapy prior to the onset of treatment.

A noted authority in cosmetic surgery, reconstruction following cancer surgery and trauma, as well as tissue-engineered approaches to wound healing, Dr. Robert T. Grant has been appointed to chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He will oversee the division at the Hospital's two major medical centers -- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He was also named adjunct associate professor of clinical surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College; he is associate clinical professor of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

With the nation's busiest burn center and the metropolitan area's largest hospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fleet, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital rescued and treated many survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. A new study published by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in the September issue of the Journal of Burn Care and Research looks at the Hospital's disaster preparations -- especially as they address the challenges of communication and patient triage that occurred on that day.

A new microsurgical procedure to repair varicocele in adolescent boys may prevent infertility in adulthood.