News from Weill Cornell Medical College
New Imaging Methods Show Challenges of Identifying Cognitive Abilities in Severely Brain-Injured Patients
February 13, 2012 Only by employing complex machine-learning techniques to decipher repeated advanced brain scans were researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell able to provide evidence that a patient with a severe brain injury could, in her way, communicate accurately. [more]
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January 26, 2012 Weill Cornell Medical College has announced the establishment of the Office of Faculty Development dedicated to assisting its physicians, researchers and educators in achieving academic success at each stage of their careers, with targeted activities that focus on the needs of junior, mid-career and senior faculty.
January 23, 2012 The experience of daily positive affect — a mild, happy feeling — and self-affirmation helps some patients with chronic diseases, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and asthma, make better decisions about their health. These findings are detailed in three studies of 756 patients published online in the Jan. 23 edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine — the first large, randomized controlled trials to show that people can use positive affect and self-affirmation to help them make and sustain behavior change.