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Scientists have developed the first broad-spectrum antivenom to neutralize neurotoxins from 19 of the deadliest snakes.
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Researchers and clinicians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are studying how artificial intelligence can translate to better patient care.
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Physician Jerard Kneifati-Hayek, the first Patient Safety Research Fellow at Columbia, leads efforts to improve care and enhance safety for patients from underserved communities.
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Pathologists Dan Green and Stephen Lagana explain their jobs, describe their training, and share the most fascinating cases of their careers.
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Latest News
- June 12, 2024
The EQUIP Center for Learning Health System Science will support researchers working to improve patient safety, particularly among groups that experience persistent health care disparities.
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- June 11, 2024
Columbia's HHT Center for Excellence is working to increase awareness of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, a rare condition that causes frequent nosebleeds and more serious complications.
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- April 14, 2024
Engaging in life at all ages is the way to age happily and healthily.
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- January 25, 2024
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.
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- January 4, 2024
The coming COVID boosters aren't the only vaccines adults should consider. Now's a good time for people over 18 to make sure they're up to date with flu, tetanus, and other routine vaccines.
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- October 20, 2023
Quick fixes are not the answer when seeking ways to boost your immunity or increase your protection against infection.
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- October 12, 2023
A new study of sleep in women shows that delaying bedtime by just 90 minutes each night damages cells that line the blood vessels, supporting the hypothesis that poor sleep is linked to heart health.
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- September 22, 2023
A headache can be its own medical condition or a symptom of something else.
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- September 12, 2023
Wegovy (semaglutide) produces the greatest weight loss in teenagers, but a study by Columbia researchers finds that the trendy obesity drug is not cost-effective at its current price.
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- August 22, 2023
Virtual urgent care at Columbia is expanding to care for patients in new ways, 365 days a year.
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