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Severe Obesity Costs Medicaid $8 Billion Annually

November 6, 2015

Mailman's Y. Claire Wang finds that with 1 in 7 adults severely obese, overall medical costs reached an estimated $69 billion for obesity-related health issues.

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Public Health
Eye Damage from Powerful Lasers Alarms Ophthalmologists

November 5, 2015

Eye damage from high-power lasers can masquerade as genetic eye diseases and lead to costly work-ups, Columbia ophthalmologists find.

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Ophthalmology
Tipping the Scale

October 19, 2015
CUMC Celebrates 2015-2016, Issue 2

October 6, 2015

Celebrates acknowledges faculty, staff, and students at CUMC who receive major research grants or earn prestigious honors, as well as gifts made by donors.

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CUIMC Celebrates
Desarrollo de una nueva herramienta para detectar un desorden genético de los cromosomas sexuales en niños, frecuentemente desapercibido

October 1, 2015
Study Found Prenatal Exposure to Ukrainian Famine Increased Odds for Diabetes

September 8, 2015

A study by Mailman School of Public Health researchers links exposure to famine in the first trimester of pregnancy with the risk of developing diabetes in later life.

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Public Health
Scientist Maps Regions of the Brain that Respond to Weight Loss

September 2, 2015

A neuroscientist and obesity researcher at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is mapping the regions of the brain that either respond or fail to respond to weight loss.

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Neuroscience
Proportion of People with Diabetes Undergoing Heart Surgery Spikes

August 31, 2015

An analysis documents worse outcomes and burgeoning costs for patients with diabetes who have coronary artery disease that requires surgery.

Topic

Diabetes
Developing a New Tool to Detect a Frequently Missed Sex Chromosome Disorder in Boys

August 25, 2015

Klinefelter syndrome is the most common disorder of the male sex chromosomes, yet is rarely diagnosed in children. A new assessment tool is being developed by researchers at Columbia to help pediatricians detect the physical traits of the syndrome.

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Pediatrics
Program Helps Integrate Nutrition Into Health Care Practice

August 18, 2015

This innovative nutrition program for health care professionals is accepting applicants for September. The medical nutrition program trains health professionals to integrate nutrition into their practice, using behavior counseling approaches based in biochemistry and clinical nutrition.

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Nutrition

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