Whole books have been devoted to garlic (Allium sativum), and now two researchers at Weill Medical College of Cornell University have reviewed the evidence of garlic's benefits for the cardiovascular system from a scientific point of view.

Of the 13 distinguished healthcare professionals whom President Clinton has appointed to a new White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, two are from New York Weill Cornell Medical Center: Dr. Joseph J. Fins and Dr. William R. Fair.

A Peace Corps volunteer who spent three years in west Africa, a former member of the Chicago Bears, dancers and choreographers, enough musicians to start an orchestra -- such are the talents and diversity of the 101 incoming first-year students of Weill Cornell Medical College, who will attend Opening Day ceremonies on Wednesday, August 23.

In a recent journal article, Dr. Samuel Mann posits a new paradigm to explain the widely held but largely unsubstantiated belief that there is a relationship between sustained hypertension and perceived emotional distress/stress.

A research team consisting of scientists from the Department of Psychiatry of Weill Cornell Medical College and the Department of Psychology of Harvard University has launched a major study of the enigmatic form of mental illness known as "borderline personality disorder" (BPD).

Weill Medical College of Cornell University and its Department of Public Health are assembling their leading epidemiologists, economists, and statisticians in a new and unique service called Cornell Analytic/Consulting Services (CACS).

Recognized for his nearly 50 years of pioneering biomedical research in hematology and vascular biology, Weill Cornell Medical College physician-scientist Dr. Aaron J. Marcus has been selected by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to receive a 2004 NIH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award. He has been continuously funded by NHLBI since 1956.

Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewari, director of the Lefrak Center for Robotic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, will be awarded the prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award from the American Urological Association for outstanding contributions to the field of urology and urologic oncology. He will receive the award May 23 at an awards dinner during the Association's Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga.