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Why Are Kids in Asthma Hotspots More Likely to Visit the ER?

December 18, 2012

New research from Mailman School of Public Health points to a possible biological factor: higher rates of a common symptom known as exercise-induced wheeze.

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Public Health
CUMC Recognizes Mentors with New Awards

December 18, 2012

CUMC faculty members were honored with the first campus-wide mentorship awards presented at a luncheon on Dec. 10.

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Campus News
Screening for Ovarian Cancer Among Women Following BRCA Testing(link is external and opens in a new window)

December 17, 2012

"Cancer biology is in the midst of a major transition that has led from a primary focus on oncogenes to a focus on systems," say the Columbia editorial authors, Dr. Victor Grann and Maxine Ashby-Thompson.

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Cancer
Worries About Dementia: How Hospitalization Affects the Elderly(link is external and opens in a new window)

December 17, 2012

New findings in Critical Care: severe sepsis and neurological dysfunction are independently associated with an increased future risk of dementia.

Topic

Infectious Diseases
Perceived Stress May Predict Future Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

December 17, 2012

A new meta-analysis of 6 studies (120,000 people) demonstrates that stress may help predict future risk of heart disease or death from heart disease.

Topic

Heart Health
With $200 Million Gift, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Endows Mind Brain Behavior Institute

December 17, 2012

Mortimer B. Zuckerman has pledged $200 million to endow a Mind Brain Behavior Institute to support interdisciplinary neuroscience research and discovery by scholars across the University.

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Medical School
The Wall Street Journal: Medical Schools Jockey for Research Space (link is external and opens in a new window)

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The Wall Street Journal

December 13, 2012

Columbia will add 130,000 sq. ft. at the new Jerome L. Greene Science Center, and an additional 50,000 sq. ft. in existing buildings at CUMC.

Topic

Campus News
Long-Sought Vaccines for Deadly Parasite Brought Closer to Reality(link is external and opens in a new window)

December 13, 2012

New insights published in the journal Immunity (Cell Press) by a team led by CUMC's Sankar Ghosh and Alan Sher of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Topic

Infectious Diseases
The Wall Street Journal: Hospitals Act to Stem Rise in Birth Problems(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The Wall Street Journal

December 13, 2012

CUMC's Ob/Gyn Chair Mary D'Alton: Hospitals should follow standard prevention measures, e.g., giving a blood thinner to patients after a C-section.

Topic

Obstetrics-Gynecology
Scientific American: "Fiscal Cliff" Threatens to Impede Biomedical Discoveries(link is external and opens in a new window)

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Scientific American

December 12, 2012

Scientists petition to protect lifesaving research programs before January 2013, when the federal government will slash $2.5B of the NIH budget.

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Why Are Kids in Asthma Hotspots More Likely to Visit the ER?

CUMC Recognizes Mentors with New Awards

Screening for Ovarian Cancer Among Women Following BRCA Testing(link is external and opens in a new window)

Worries About Dementia: How Hospitalization Affects the Elderly(link is external and opens in a new window)

Perceived Stress May Predict Future Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

With $200 Million Gift, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Endows Mind Brain Behavior Institute

The Wall Street Journal: Medical Schools Jockey for Research Space (link is external and opens in a new window)

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Long-Sought Vaccines for Deadly Parasite Brought Closer to Reality(link is external and opens in a new window)

The Wall Street Journal: Hospitals Act to Stem Rise in Birth Problems(link is external and opens in a new window)

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Scientific American: "Fiscal Cliff" Threatens to Impede Biomedical Discoveries(link is external and opens in a new window)

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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