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A high-salt diet reduces resting blood flow to the brain and causes dementia in mice, according to a new study by scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine.

The study, published Jan. 15 in Nature Neuroscience, is the first to unveil a gut-brain connection linking high dietary salt intake to neurovascular and cognitive impairment. The findings illuminate a potential future target for countering harmful effects to the brain...

Young people with a history of strokes caused by blood clots should be evaluated for a congenital condition characterized by a hole in the heart. If present, surgical closure should be considered to prevent future stroke, according to an editorial by a Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian neurologist.

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole in the wall between the right and left sides of the heart. It occurs...

Dr. Timothy McGraw calls himself “the accidental entrepreneur.”

Some seven years ago, the Weill Cornell Medicine biochemist began a side project investigating whether renegade hormones in the blood could be the culprit for the kind of insulin resistance that sparks type 2 diabetes. Dr. McGraw in 2014 pitched his hypothesis to Larry Schlossman, managing...

NEW YORK (August 15, 2017) - A new clinical trial led by investigators at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and Weill Cornell Medicine aims to identify and treat what may be a common underlying cause of recurrent strokes. ARCADIA, a multicenter phase III trial, will study the role of abnormalities in the structure and function of the heart’s left atrium, or atrial cardiopathy, in stroke patients, and...