“Compared to non-users, marijuana users had 27% higher levels of iron in their blood, and 21% higher levels in their urine,” said lead author Tiffany Sanchez of the Mailman School of Public Health.
Editor's Note: The Columbia University research referenced here was led by Seth Prins, an assistant professor of epidemiology and sociomedical sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health.
The researchers referenced here are Yousin Suh, the Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Reproductive Sciences, and Zev Williams, the Wendy D. Havens Associate Professor of Women's Health.
“We’re hoping to have better models and better prediction on the street level,” said Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, a professor of environmental health at Columbia University and a TEMPO collaborator.
“There’s been a sense that more patients are asking about it, and ultimately pursuing it, but there wasn’t good data,” said Dr. Jason Wright of Columbia's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Editor's Note: Hayley Born, whose research is featured in this piece, is an assistant professor of otolaryngology head and neck surgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Patients with CMD seem to be able to hear and comprehend verbal commands even though they cannot carry out those instructions, study author Jan Claassen of Columbia University said in a statement.
“The era of ‘just go out and diet and exercise’ is now gone,’” said Dr. Rudolph Leibel, a professor of diabetes research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“It’s a story of inequality on a large scale,” said Robbie Parks, a co-author of the paper and an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University.
“Our most unequivocal evidence is that private equity is associated with increased costs,” says Alexander Borsa, a Ph.D. candidate in sociomedical sciences at Columbia University.
