This was the first time a study linked specific stressful events with the exact moment hair began to gray, said Martin Picard, associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University.
“This adds a very clear layer of evidence that there is an autoimmune component to MIS-C,” said Dusan Bogunovic, a pediatric immunologist at Columbia University.
Editor's Note: Prabesh Bhattarai, the first author on the study referenced here, is an associate research scientist at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“The model we developed shows how suicide contagion, including both suicidal ideation and deaths, spreads quickly,” said researcher Jeffrey Shaman of Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.
“Our study shows strong links between losing loved ones across the life course and faster biological aging in the U.S.,” said lead researcher Allison Aiello of Columbia University.
Editor's Note: Robert Klitzman, author of this opinion piece, is a professor of psychiatry at the the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
“We eagerly await the results of the other studies,” Jason Zucker, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, who was not involved in the trial, said in an email.
But Dr. Ragy Girgis, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, said he worried that frequent drills of any kind might normalize violence.
