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Cardiovascular Disease Symptoms Surprisingly High in Young Refugees

Many individuals seeking asylum in the United States show increased stress and pain symptoms that are associated with indications of cardiovascular disease, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.  

“We would not have expected the rates of these illnesses or conditions to be this high in such a young, otherwise healthy population,” said the study’s senior author, Dr. Gunisha Kaur,...

October 2019 Newsletter

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Article published in Weill Cornell Medicine Magazine: "Safe & Sound: A student-run clinic aids immigrants seeking asylum"

WCCHR December 2017 Newsletter

"Medical Students' Attitudes towards Torture, Revisited," written by members of the WCCHR

The article "Medical Students' Attitudes towards Torture, Revisited," written by members of the WCCHR, was published on November 21, 2017 by the Health and Human Rights Journal as a Paper-in-Press. The article will officially appear in the journal's December issue and can be accessed at the following link:

WCCHR September 2017 Newsletter

September 2017

   

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