Zev Williams, chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at Columbia University, led a team of researchers that developed a same-day test to identify abnormal fetal chromosomes.
Thanks to a collaboration between Columbia and Cornell doctors, Yasin Samad is one of the first children in the United States to receive an innovative artificial heart valve.
Editor's Note: Filko Prugo is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
People with the condition typically avoid reminders of the traumatic event. “One of the problems with PTSD is, you pull inward,” said Dr. John Markowitz.
Dean of Columbia University School of Nursing and breast cancer survivor Lorraine Frazier joins @Alex_Presha to support cancer survivors and advocate for public awareness.
“The age at which someone starts their periods is kind of a barometer of how they're doing in general,” says Lauren Houghton, an assistant professor at epidemiology at Columbia University.
Along with exacerbating asthma, air pollution can spark new onset airway disease, says Matt Perzanowski, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University.
“We speculate that if you have these chronic insults to your arteries because you get angry a lot, that will leave you at risk for heart disease,” says Dr. Daichi Shimbo, lead author of the study.
“What would surprise nobody is that getting weight into normal range will promote fertility,” says Dr. Zev Williams, director of the Columbia University Fertility Center.