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Teaching Medical Students the Art of Uncertainty

February 25, 2019

Critically examining art can help medical students come to terms with the role uncertainty plays when physicians make clinical decisions, a new study from Columbia medical educators suggests.

Topic

Education
5 Questions with William Turner on Diversity in Medicine

February 22, 2019

Columbia physician William Turner, MD, received a VP&S Award for Excellence for his efforts to recruit residents from underrepresented groups to Columbia’s internal medicine residency.

Topic

Campus News
Memory Stored in Unexpected Region of the Brain

February 22, 2019

New research provides evidence that learning and memory are not relegated to a few select regions, but instead may permeate the brain.

Topic

Neuroscience
Heart Disease: Six Things Women Should Know

February 21, 2019

Historically considered a man’s disease, heart disease now claims the lives of more women than men. But symptoms between the sexes can differ, and men and women are treated differently.

Topic

Heart Health
For Schizophrenia, Some Drug Combinations May Be More Effective Than Others

February 20, 2019

A new study suggests that antidepressants may control symptoms of schizophrenia better than other types of psychiatric drugs when combined with antipsychotic drugs.

Topic

Mental Health
New “Smart Drug” Shows Promise for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

February 20, 2019

A clinical trial at Columbia and other centers found that patients responded to a new “smart drug” for women with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

Topic

Cancer
Having Anesthesia Once as a Baby Does Not Cause Learning Disabilities, New Research Shows(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The New York Times

February 18, 2019

Dr. Lena S. Sun is the chief of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Columbia University.
Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer(link is external and opens in a new window)

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NPR Shots

February 18, 2019

Kristin Myers, a mechanical engineer, and Dr. Joy Vink, an OB-GYN, both at Columbia University, have learned that cervical tissue is a complicated mix of material.
Prescription Opioids Double Risk of Triggering Fatal Car Crash

February 15, 2019

Prescription opioids have played an increasingly significant role in fatal motor vehicle crashes, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Topic

Public Health
Why Some Brain Tumors Respond to Immunotherapy

February 15, 2019

Fewer than 1 in 10 patients with glioblastoma—the most common type of brain cancer—respond to immunotherapy; a new study reveals how to detect patients who may respond.

Topic

Cancer