Hand-washing physically removes the bacteria, both when you rub your hands under the faucet and then when you dry them off with a towel, said Elaine Larson of Columbia University School of Nursing.
"Diuretics are recognized as among the best drugs to treat hypertension, but there are no randomized studies to help decide which diuretic is best," said Dr. George Hripcsak of Columbia University.
Researchers examined associations between measures of sleep quality and the dietary patterns of 500 women who participated in a year-long study of sleep patterns and cardiovascular risk in women.
“Only 60 percent of women know that heart disease is the number one killer of women,” said Sonia Tolani, a cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“We don't yet have a vaccine and we don't have approved drugs for prevention of disease or treatment of disease. So all we have is isolation,” said Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University.
As the virus enters lung cells, it starts to replicate, destroying the cells, explains Dr. Yoko Furuya, an infectious disease specialist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Kenrick Cato’s love of health care came from his mother, a retired nurse, but the idea of becoming a nurse himself didn’t dawn on this ex-Army officer until a friend made the suggestion.
While pursuing her education as a geneticist, Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH, witnessed the early days of the AIDS epidemic and changed fields to help address it.
Breast cancer epidemiologist Jasmine McDonald, PhD, originally set out to become a laboratory researcher, but a chance conversation on a bus led her to switch fields.
