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Battling Arsenic Poisoning in Southeast Asia

July 16, 2015

Some 100 million people in southeast Asia drink from shallow wells originally drilled to provide germ-free water, but many are contaminated with arsenic. Columbia researchers, including Mailman School scientists, are working to combat the issue.

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Public Health
Datos científicos encuentran conexiones entre el mes de nacimiento y la salud

July 15, 2015
Brain Network that Controls, Redirects Attention Identified

July 15, 2015

Researchers at Columbia have found that key parts of the human brain network that give us the power to control and redirect our attention—a core cognitive ability—may be unique to humans.

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Neuroscience
New York Times: Unraveling the Relationship Between Climate Change and Health

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The New York Times

July 15, 2015
New York Times: Little Research Is Done in Africa by or for Nurses

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The New York Times

July 15, 2015
Closing the Quality Chasm in Mental Health and Substance Use Care

July 14, 2015

A plan to ensure that evidence-based psychosocial interventions are routinely used in clinical practice and made a part of clinical training for mental health professionals was released today by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

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Public Health
New York Times: Obituaries Shed Euphemisms to Chronicle Toll of Heroin

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The New York Times

July 13, 2015
Why Should Art Matter in Medical Education?

July 9, 2015

P&S students completing their first year of medical school took a break to view works of art–and to share some of the art they created in narrative medicine seminars.

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Campus News
SPURS: A Pipeline Program to Interest Under-Represented Students in Lab Research

July 6, 2015

A unique summer program, now in its 14th year, strives to attract more diversity to ranks of biomedical scientists. Two alumni of the program are currently studying at Columbia

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Campus News
Could a Dose of Ketamine Prevent Psychiatric Disorders Such as PTSD?

July 2, 2015

Columbia researchers show through mouse models that a pharmaceutical agent may have value as a prophylactic against stress-induced psychiatric disorders.

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Psychiatry

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