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"The First Operation with Ether" painting by Robert Cutler Hinckley. Dozens of men look on as a patient is given ether at a public demonstration

Study Debunks Century-Old Concept of How Anesthesia Works

Anesthesia induces unconsciousness by changing the function of proteins that reside on the surface of a thin membrane...

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Virginia Pascual

Dr. Virginia Pascual Named Director of the Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children’s Health

NEW YORK (March 3, 2017) — Dr. Virginia Pascual, a renowned physician-scientist specializing in...

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finger-like villi in small intestine made of green and yellow phagocytes and red endothelial vasculature

Cell Death in Gut Implicated in IBD

The natural lifecycle of cells that line the intestine is critical to preserving stable conditions in the gut, according...

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Studies Linking Brain Hemorrhage and Epilepsy to Stroke Presented at Conference

Two Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators gave oral presentations at the...

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Scalp Cooling Can Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Retain Hair

Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss – one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer – in...

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