Editor's Note: Roshni Rao, interviewed here, is the Vivian L. Milstein Associate Professor of Surgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“Prisons are located in hotter places because the idea of incarcerated people suffering from heat fits the punishment ethos of the US system,” said co-author Robbie Parks of Columbia University.
The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has launched a $50 million center to study congenital heart disease in children, the school announced Thursday.
"We've known for a long time that people who have higher levels of education tend to live longer lives," said Mailman School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology Daniel Belsky.
Parents can be sure their children are getting a diet rich in calcium and iron, said Ana Navas-Acien, chairwoman of research in the Columbia University Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
"Attention to food environment in this high-risk population is of the utmost importance," wrote editorialists Elissa Driggan and Ersilia DeFilippis, both of Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Editor's Note: David Rosner, a co-author of this opinion piece, is the Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health.
The study’s importance “cannot be overstated,” said Dr. Richard Mayeux, an Alzheimer’s specialist at Columbia University who wasn’t involved in the research.
