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Spinal Fluid Test Offers Reliable Way to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

September 26, 2018

Columbia neurologists found that a test used to measure Alzheimer's disease proteins in spinal fluid can be used to determine whether patients have the disease or other forms of dementia.

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Alzheimer's
Suicide Prevention for Teens and Young Adults

September 26, 2018

Suicidal thoughts are a normal reaction to an abnormal set of circumstances, says Columbia psychologist Ali Mattu, but the silence around suicide isolates people when they need help the most.

Topic

Mental Health
Trauma and How We Remember

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CBS News

September 25, 2018

Columbia professor of psychiatry Edward Huey explains how two people can remember the same event differently.
Insomnia Exacts Heavy Toll on Quality of Life

September 25, 2018

Insomnia accounts for a significantly greater loss of quality of life at the population level than arthritis, obesity, or depressive disorders, a new study from Columbia Psychiatry has found.

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Research
For Heart Failure Patients, Mitral Valve Procedure Improved Outcomes

September 24, 2018

A study led by Columbia researchers found that a minimally invasive technique to repair the mitral valve improved two-year survival for certain heart failure patients.

Topic

Heart Health
Ketamine gives hope to patients with severe depression. But some clinics stray from the science and hype its benefits

Source:

STAT News

September 24, 2018

Patients are “getting treatments they may not need or that don’t work, or they’re getting more than they needed,” said Jeffrey Lieberman, psychiatrist-in-chief of Columbia University Medical Center.
Tiny Device Is a ‘Huge Advance’ for Treatment of Severe Heart Failure

Source:

The New York Times

September 23, 2018

A clip used to repair damaged heart valves sharply reduced deaths among patients with a grim prognosis.
Horwitz Prize Awarded for Work on Hormones

September 21, 2018

Columbia University awards the 2018 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Pierre Chambon, Ronald M. Evans, and Bert W. O’Malley for their research—spanning over 50 years—decoding how steroid hormones and nuclear receptors regulate cell function.

Topic

Research
Horwitz Prize Awarded for Work on Hormones

September 21, 2018

Columbia University awards the 2018 Horwitz Prize to Pierre Chambon, Ronald Evans, and Bert O’Malley for their research decoding how steroid hormones and nuclear receptors regulate cell function.

Topic

Research
For a New Device to Treat Maternal Bleeding, a Young Entrepreneur's Big Step Was Passing the Torch

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Forbes

September 21, 2018

Mary D'Alton, MD, chair of obstetrics & gynecology, will be leading a 111-patient clinical trial to test a new device that may prevent mothers from bleeding to death after childbirth.

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