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Fighting Cancer While Pregnant: From Perseverance to Parenthood

After Laila Hardy-Johnson found out she was pregnant, she did not expect to receive an accompanying diagnosis of leukemia. Though the news came as a shock, Laila had already faced this disease once before, nearly a decade earlier.

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Genetics and Cancer Risk: Real-World Benefits of Genetic Testing

With genetic testing, you can understand your risk for cancer and take meaningful steps to detect cancer in its earliest stages or prevent it entirely.

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Protect Your Child’s Heart Health

The pediatric cardiologist team breaks down the subtleties of heart condition symptoms and explains how to support children with cardiovascular issues.

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Work From Home? Take Time to Care for Your Voice

Work from home? Too many video calls vexing your vocal cords? Try these suggestions from Weill Cornell Medicine to care for your voice.

During Heart Health Month, It’s a Great Time to Focus on Prevention

During Heart Health Month, It’s a Great Time to Focus on Prevention

Every day offers us a potential fresh start to do something good for our hearts. Kicking off Heart Health Month, that’s the core message cardiologist and Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine Dr. Robert Harrington has shared with the Weill Cornell Medicine community, the residents of New York City, the New York Metropolitan Region and beyond.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center Earns Recognition as a Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation

Dr. Stephanie Mick. Credit: Weill Cornell Medicine Art & PhotographyNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center has received the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation for a demonstrated record of superior clinical outcomes resulting from evidence-based, guideline-directed degenerative mitral valve repair.This award recognizes NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s contribution to advancing best practices... Read More

Dr. Orna Guralnik

More Precision, Less Incision: An Augmented Reality Spine Tumor Story

You might know the name Dr. Orna Guralnik from having read one of her features in The New York Times or The Washington Post, or you may have seen her profiled in The New Yorker.

Dr. Melissa Frey and Nila Charles

Breast Cancer Precision Care: A Family Affair

When Nila Charles was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was the mother of two young children, working long hours and caring for a family member who was also diagnosed with cancer.

Urology Consultation Woman

Urinary Incontinence: A Common Female Complaint

If you’re one among millions of women who leak urine by accident, you have a condition called urinary incontinence. It isn’t usually dangerous, but it can be inconvenient, distressing and embarrassing.

 The pediatric doctor measures and weighs the child in the clinic office.

A National Shortage of Growth Hormone Is Putting Children at Risk

Growth hormone is prescribed for children with a variety of diseases and conditions that thwart normal growth. Some of these conditions involve the pituitary—a pea-sized gland located at the base of the brain.