Public health researchers find that asthma is more common among U.S. individuals who reported cannabis use in the previous month, and the more frequent the use, the higher the likelihood of asthma.
Katherine Keyes, professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, talks about what her research has shown on the good and bad effects of social media.
"With the growing use of cannabis across the U.S., understanding the links between cannabis use and asthma is relevant to population health," said researcher Renee Goodwin of Columbia University.
David Rosner, a professor of sociomedical sciences and history at Columbia University, said rail lines are “often routed through the most disenfranchised communities of color.”
Sebastián Riquelme is one of the pioneers in the growing field of immunometabolism, investigating how the processes that turn food into energy impact the outcome of infectious diseases.
Several faculty members from the VP&S Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics gave presentations at the latest in the medical school’s Afternoon of Science series.
Editor's Note: The Columbia University study referenced here was led by Keith Diaz, the Florence Irving Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The latest issue of Columbia Medicine magazine tells the stories of VP&S faculty—today's Whipples, Apgars and Drews—who are working to forever change health care like their illustrious forebears.
Columbia University’s Dr. Lawrence Lustig said that although the children in these studies don’t wind up with perfect hearing, “even moderate hearing loss recovery in these kids is pretty astounding.”
