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Major Clinical Year Begins for VP&S Class of 2021

January 4, 2019

At the Steven Z. Miller Student Clinician's Ceremony, 153 members of the VP&S Class of 2021 marked the start of their patient-centered training in hospital and ambulatory settings.

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Education
Can Skype Help Seniors Beat the Blues?

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U.S. News & World Report

January 4, 2019

“It’s not incredibly surprising,” says Dr. Philip R. Muskin, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. “
Solving the Opioid Crisis with Lessons from the AIDS Epidemic

January 4, 2019

Like what the AIDS activists sought in the 80s and 90s, an “opioid movement” may be required for treatments to become acceptable to—and demanded by—communities throughout the United States.

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Public Health
Genetic screening for newborns yields some answers, more questions

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NBC News

January 3, 2019

“Most (parents) probably got knowledge that wasn’t useful for a newborn baby,” Wendy Chung, an expert in pediatric genetics at Columbia University, told NBC News.
An Experimental Procedure Could Help More Families Have Healthy Babies. But It’s Not Allowed in the U.S.

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TIME

January 3, 2019

“We are breaking down a barrier that has certainly never been crossed before,” says Dr. Michio Hirano, who plans to perform MRT for the Shulmans as part of a study.
To Head Off Late-Life Depression, Check Your Hearing

January 2, 2019

A new study of elderly Hispanics found that hearing loss increased the risk of depression symptoms.

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Aging
New Smart Helmet Could Spot Concussions in Real Time

December 28, 2018

Columbia neurologists and engineers are developing what would be the first wearable diagnostic device for traumatic brain injury.

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Neurology
In Memoriam 2018

December 27, 2018

The CUIMC community extends sympathy to the families and colleagues of faculty and staff who died this year.

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Campus News
Genetic testing for kidney disease may become routine, researchers say

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United Press International

December 27, 2018

"There are multiple genetic causes of chronic kidney disease," Ali Gharavi, chief of nephrology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said in a news release.
For Patients with Kidney Disease, Genetic Testing May Soon Be Routine

December 26, 2018

DNA sequencing can be used to identify the underlying genetic cause of many rare types of chronic kidney disease, leading to better treatment, finds a new study from Columbia University.

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Kidney Disease

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