Why is the sky blue?

On the evening of Sept. 22, 2010, an 18-year-old Tyler Clementi traveled from his Rutgers dorm room to the George Washington Bridge and leapt to his death. A few days earlier, he had discovered that his roommate had filmed and distributed Clementi’s intimate encounter with another man — an act of bullying with dire consequences. 

As the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer’s affects approximately five million adults and is estimated to cost the country $200 billion this year in terms of direct medical fees and other costs associated with caregivers and therapies. Since the first records of the disease by Alois Alzheimer in 1906, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has become increasingly prevalent in our worldwide population, and scientists have been struggling for decades in efforts to figure out the causation of the disease and, most importantly, how to treat it.

A reflection on what sometimes gets passed over in patient care.

An experience working at the Weill Cornell Community Clinic.

A breast cancer scare brings awareness to the reality of the risk. 

What to do when too much information can be harmful.

With the gap between pratical medicine and academic medicine ever widening, it's time to build some bridges. 

Med student Naira Rezende stresses bringing care to those who need it most. 

For now, we, at the Weill Cornell Community Clinic, proudly provide a safety net for those in need of healthcare in New York City. We hope some day a person’s income or current employment status will not determine the quality of their health and that no one will have to wait to go to the doctor because they are afraid of being unable to pay.