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A new study estimates that more than 2 million Americans with heart disease have used marijuana, but the cardiovascular effects of the drug are not fully understood.
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Prescriptions for buprenorphine, an opioid addiction medication, have increased in all age groups but the young, a new study has found.
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The source of essential tremor—involuntary, rhythmic trembling—has been elusive, but a new study points to abnormal electrical activity in the base of the brain.
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Leaders from top U.S. nursing schools, nursing organizations, and the National Institutes of Health met to discuss a national health action plan to raise awareness of and improve LGBTQ health.
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Events
- Saturday, October 26, 2019 to Sunday, April 19, 2020(All day)
- Saturday, January 25, 202010:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Monday, January 27, 202012:00 PM to 1:00 PM
In The Media
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The New York TimesJanuary 22, 2020“Now that you have a cluster of 14 health care workers infected, the potential for spread is greater,” said Dr. Ian W. Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University.
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SalonJanuary 21, 2020"There is a growing understanding of the need to design our environments in a way that designs out loneliness," said Dr. Linda Fried, dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
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The New York TimesJanuary 18, 2020W. Ian Lipkin, a Columbia University professor who worked to fight the SARS outbreak, said it was too early to know how dangerous the new virus might prove to be.
Browse by Topics
Cancer
- January 10, 2020
The three scientists honored by the 2019 Horwitz Prize played key roles in identifying and deciphering the PI3K pathway, which has led to new treatments for several types of cancer.
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- December 2, 2019
By learning how contagious cancer spreads among shellfish, scientists hope to better understand how cancer metastasizes in people.
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- November 19, 2019
Researchers at Columbia are tackling cancer disparities in northern Manhattan and surrounding areas through the National Cancer Institute’s network of community-based research programs.
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Neuroscience
- January 15, 2020
The source of essential tremor—involuntary, rhythmic trembling—has been elusive, but a new study points to abnormal electrical activity in the base of the brain.
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- January 14, 2020
Prenatal exposure to PDBEs—compounds previously used as flame retardants—may increase the risk of reading problems in children, a new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found.
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- January 9, 2020
The way electric fish locate their prey reveals how brain circuits can process information and learn at the same time, a feat that is still difficult for computers to accomplish.
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Heart Health
- January 20, 2020
A new study estimates that more than 2 million Americans with heart disease have used marijuana, but the cardiovascular effects of the drug are not fully understood.
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- January 17, 2020
Social support may help offset the negative impact that discrimination and gender expectations have on heart disease and stroke risk factors among transgender and gender non-conforming adults.
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- October 24, 2019
A new study of nearly 5 million patients shows the most-popular first-line treatment for hypertension is less effective and causes more side effects than thiazide diuretics.
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Public Health
- January 9, 2020
Researchers hoped treatment of HIV-infected infants within hours of birth would increase remission, but a new study finds that starting treatment within the first two weeks leads to similar outcomes.
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- December 10, 2019
Moms are subjected to more scrutiny, but binge drinking has increased in nearly all groups of adults in the past decade, a new study from the Mailman School of Public Health has found.
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- November 27, 2019
Columbia's David Ho and Wafaa El-Sadr—who have been fighting HIV and AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic in the 1980s—say ending AIDs in the United States by 2030 will take political will.
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Campus News
- January 23, 2020
The Open House on Jan. 28 will connect employees and students with new resources, tools, and technology experts from offices across campus.
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- January 8, 2020
The fall/winter 2019 issue of Columbia Medicine magazine explores the epidemic of suicide, which is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.
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- January 8, 2020
If your New Year’s resolution is to exercise more in 2020, you are not alone. Getting fit is one of the most common resolutions people make—and with good reason, according to CUIMC experts.
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Research
- January 3, 2020
Scientists at Columbia University Irving Medical Center are using and refining CRISPR to provide insights to health.
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- January 3, 2020
Some compounds found in many personal care products displace natural fat-like molecules in skin cells, which may explain how they cause an allergic skin rash.
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- December 18, 2019
Columbia scientists have captured the first images of a new gene editing tool that could improve upon existing CRISPR-based tools.
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