Women with waistlines of 35 inches or more are at greater risk of heart disease than thinner women, according to a new study by researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia and Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation. The study is published in today's Journal of Women's Health.

Contrary to popular myth, expressing anger in the moment is not healthy. According to a new book, Getting Control of Your Anger: A Clinically Proven, Three-Step Plan for Getting to the Root of the Problem and Resolving It (McGraw-Hill, 2006) by Dr. Robert Allan, a noted clinical psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, for most people and in most circumstances, directly expressed anger will only make a bad situation worse. The book outlines ways to stop alienating loved ones, live a happier healthier life, and reduce the likelihood of a heart attack or stroke.

Michael A. Berman, M.D., renowned pediatric cardiologist and an expert on faculty practice plans and clinical productivity issues, has been named Executive Vice President and Director of New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Myrna A. Manners, an expert in media relations and crisis management, has been named Vice President of Public Affairs for New York Presbyterian Hospital and Vice Provost of Public Affairs for Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Kitty Carlisle Hart joined others who have been at the forefront of the fight against HIV/AIDS at the dedication of The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Chelsea Center for Special Studies today. This facility is a major extension of New York-Cornell's comprehensive AIDS clinical and research facilities, namely The Center for Special Studies (AIDS Care Unit) and the Cornell Clinical Trials Unit (HIV Research Center). The new facility, a collaborative effort between GMHC and The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, is the first ever large-scale partnership of a major New York academic medical center with a community-based AIDS service organization.

Multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer in which malignant plasma cells are overproduced in the bone marrow, has led to an estimated 20,000 new diagnoses and 11,000 deaths in 2010. Patients with the disease, who have already failed previous treatments, may be considered for a currently enrolling Phase II study, examining a unique drug combination.

As many as half of stroke survivors lose some of their ability to move their extremities. Now specialists in rehabilitation medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are pioneering the use of robotic devices to help them regain this function. Patients are currently being recruited for ongoing clinical research trials with the new devices

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hip replacements are among the most common surgical procedures in the United States; and with osteoarthritis and obesity on the rise, demand for the procedure is expected to grow. From 1996 to 2006, the number of hip replacement surgeries performed nationally increased by 30 percent, partial hip replacements increased by 60 percent; and the number of the surgeries performed on those aged 65 years and older is more than three times that of their younger counterparts (source: CDC). At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, the number of hip replacements has increased two-fold since 1999.