Rita Charon, a Harvard University-trained physician with a Ph.D. in English literature, is the founding chair and professor of medical humanities at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Speed cameras rank among the most cost-effective social policies, saving both money and lives, according to research conducted at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.
Andrea Califano and Jordan Orange of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for their contributions to medical science.
“He was at the vanguard of bringing scientific rigor to the area of addiction,” said Dr. Frances R. Levin of Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
But it’s entirely possible that doctors sometimes throw in some education about sex when giving the vaccine, said Susan Rosenthal of Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“The CDC found evidence of enterovirus D68 in respiratory samples ...,” assistant professor of neurology at Columbia University and neuroinfectious disease expert Dr. Kiran Thakur told The News.
A new study shows how certain cells ‘cheat’ during cell competition to eliminate their neighbors and take over tissues; the findings could point toward new strategies for treating cancer.
The discovery of genes that control eye growth gives researchers critical information in the search for drugs that can prevent nearsightedness, the world’s most common eye disorder.
What Fisk experienced is sometimes referred to as a missed miscarriage, ... says Dr. S. Zev Williams, chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at Columbia University Medical Center.
