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At-home tests can detect recent exposure to gluten, but can the tests improve the health of people with celiac disease? Columbia researchers are launching a clinical trial to find out.
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Understanding what drives gut stem cells to work nonstop may reveal how idle stem cells elsewhere can be revved up to repair hearts, lungs, and brains. But are scientists studying the right cells?
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In the future, colon cancer could be detected and treated with a pill of bioengineered E. coli.
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Acid reflux is normal. GERD is not. A Columbia gastroenterologist explains both, and why GERD Awareness Week overlaps with Thanksgiving.
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- June 26, 2013
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center is now one of just two hospitals in the United States to offer colon cancer screening using computer-assisted colonoscopy.
- June 20, 2013
Elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat found in children with autism, but no connection to celiac disease.
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- May 21, 2013
As graduates receive diplomas across the country or deliver speeches to fellow classmates, a familiar feeling often accompanies the pomp and circumstance.
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- June 29, 2012
Under-performance of small bowel biopsy during endoscopy may explain the underdiagnosis of celiac disease in the United States.
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- May 16, 2012
Researchers at Columbia’s Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) have discovered an uncommon bacterium, Sutterella, in the intestines of 12 of 23 children who had both autism and GI problems.
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- April 11, 2011
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