February 15, 2024
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.
January 11, 2024
Take a few moments to learn about cervical health to prepare for a year of better health awareness.
August 4, 2023
Women have unique health needs at each stage of their lives. With that comes different check-ups and examinations every couple years. Please follow this general guideline of important screenings for women at every age.
March 21, 2023
Seventy of Weill Cornell Medicine’s women physicians have been recognized as among the country’s top doctors. This new distinction was just rolled out by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a research and information company that publishes the annual guidebooks America’s Top Doctors and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. The company makes its selections based on peer nominations by 250,000 leading doctors nationwide.
February 24, 2023
For the first time, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.—the research and information company that publishes the annual guidebooks America’s Top Doctors and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area—has recognized the exceptional Black doctors in its network of peer-nominated physicians.
January 26, 2023
The Pap smear, a routine part of a woman’s annual visit to her gynecologist for nearly 100 years, was developed at Cornell University Medical College by Dr. George Papanicolaou in 1928. The test has been used ever since to screen women for precancerous or cancerous changes to the cervix: the lower, narrow end of the uterus.
January 24, 2023
This year, once again, Weill Cornell Medicine’s physicians are among the best in the country. So say their peers—250,000 leading doctors nationwide—who reported their picks to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information company that publishes the annual guidebooks America’s Top Doctors and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.
January 12, 2023
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Learn about how regular gynecological visits, screenings and vaccinations prevent cervical cancer.
May 11, 2022
Benjamin Franklin once said that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. The question is: How can we apply the wisdom of one of our greatest founding fathers to a prevention-based approach to women’s health today?
February 16, 2022
Taking charge of your health matters, especially as COVID-19 surges. You can do this with regular cancer screening, which can detect cancers early, when they are most treatable or even curable.
January 19, 2022
On this special episode of Women's Health Wednesday, we're resharing our Cervical Health Awareness episode from January 2021, featuring Evelyn Cantillo, M.D., MPH
January 11, 2022
When it comes to preventing or treating cervical cancer, regular screening is the best medicine.
October 5, 2020
Evelyn Cantillo, MD, MPH discusses the importance of gynecologic screenings as part of women's health. She highlights the vital information every woman should know so that she can be her own best advocate throughout her health journey.
December 26, 2019
Dr. Eloise Chapman-Davis, a specialist in gynecologic cancers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, focuses on bringing advance medical care to underserved women. Read more about her work to develop a web-based intervention to educate and motivate women to continue with follow-up.
March 8, 2019
WABC-TV's "Medical Marvels" series recently featured precision medicine, and how one Weill Cornell Medicine physician used it help his patient beat cancer.
January 18, 2019
After battling ovarian cancer, Domenica Devito has been in remission for several years. She credits the physicians and nurses at Weill Cornell Medicine for saving her life.
September 4, 2018
Weill Cornell Medicine's Dr. Melissa Frey corrects several dangerous and widely-held myths about gynecologic cancers, including ovarian and uterine cancers.
September 4, 2018
Dr. Melissa Frey, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine, outlines what all women should know about ovarian and uterine cancers: the risk factors, signs and symptoms, and preventative screening options for these diseases.
