New research from Weill Cornell Medicine has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes-not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression.

Every year, millions of people around the world suffer ischemic strokes that block blood flow to a region of the brain.

These patients had sustained damage to their median nerve, which runs down the arm and provides motor and sensory links to the hand and forearm. This nerve is an important connection in the ...