Michael Gershon, professor of pathology and cell biology at Columbia University and author of “The Second Brain,” is often called the father of neurogastroenterology.

“The take-home message is that it’s possible that going up and down in weight might be worse than just remaining slightly overweight,” said Dr. Brooke Aggarwal.

The Columbia University Fertility Center in New York has developed a second, redundant monitoring system in addition to temperature alarms.

In the simplest terms, these rates describe "the number of people that have lived once they've been diagnosed with the disease," says Dr. Dawn L. Hershman.