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Literacy Might Shield the Brain from Dementia

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Scientific American

November 13, 2019

“The people who were illiterate in the study developed dementia at an earlier age than people who were literate in the study,” says Jennifer J. Manly, senior author of the paper.
Let's Talk About Medicare For All

November 13, 2019

How to provide high-quality care—and pay for it—remains a critical public health debate. Three Mailman policy experts discuss the feasibility of single-payer and other options.

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Public Health
First-Year Medical Students Learn Emergency Medicine Skills

November 12, 2019

A first responders course has introduced new medical students to emergency aid.

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Education
Flu vaccination rates in children, teens remain low

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UPI

November 11, 2019

"We do know from our own, as well as other people's research, that there remain widespread misperceptions about influenza and the vaccine," said study co-author Melissa Stockwell.
Bringing Precision Medicine to Veterans

November 11, 2019

Columbia oncologists are bringing their latest techniques in precision medicine to veterans with advanced prostate cancer.

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Cancer
With Deepest Sympathy

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CBS Sunday Morning

November 10, 2019

Editor's Note: Katherine Shear, the Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry, helps viewers understand a condition known as complicated grief.
Drugs to Stop Nearsightedness May Soon Come into Focus

November 8, 2019

Columbia researchers have found hundreds of genes linked to nearsightedness, and now they’re using the data to screen for new drugs that can safeguard sharp vision.

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Ophthalmology
Stem Cell Transplants Used to Grow Fully Functional Lungs in Mice

November 7, 2019

Researchers at Columbia University used transplanted stem cells to grow lungs in mice. Findings could lead to new options for lung transplant patients.
What Your Facebook Posts Say About Your Mental Health

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The Atlantic

November 6, 2019

Paul Appelbaum, a professor of and an expert on psychiatry ethics at Columbia University, says it’s an “open secret” that clinicians in psychiatric emergency rooms will look up patients online.
Humans Shipped an Awful Cargo Across the Seas: Cancer

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The New York Times

November 6, 2019

Editor's Note: This article references a paper in Cell whose senior author, Stephen Goff, is the Higgins Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics.

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