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Through a trial offered at Columbia, a patient who is ineligible for existing treatments is the first to receive an experimental gene therapy.
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Columbia scientists have found that breast cancer patients who are HIV-positive are 40% more likely to have triple-negative breast cancer—the most aggressive subtype—than patients without HIV.
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Norovirus, the most common stomach bug in the United States, makes the rounds every winter. Our expert GI doctor gives tips on how to avoid this highly contagious illness and what to do if you get it.
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Researchers have learned how to stimulate the immune system in animal models to produce large quantities of broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV—a prerequisite for an effective vaccine.
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- September 3, 2020
Mailman's ICAP has harnessed the partnerships made in combating HIV in Africa, Asia, and the Americas to meet the threat of COVID-19.
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- September 3, 2020
Columbia psychiatrists are developing a financial wellness program to help New Yorkers buffer the mental health impact of unemployment, financial loss, and eviction.
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- August 21, 2020
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, shows how to ride the subway safely during the coronavirus pandemic and explains what the MTA is doing behind the scenes to keep the subway clean and prevent the spread of disease.
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- August 20, 2020
Two Columbia psychologists write that practicing acceptance of our current reality—not toxic positivity—is a key way to cope with the mental health effects of the pandemic.
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- August 20, 2020
An online COVID-19 course on Aug. 24 and 25 offered by the Mailman School of Public Health will introduce participants to a variety of topics about the novel coronavirus.
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- August 11, 2020
The pandemic forced Columbia's cancer center to move its science outreach program online, but the new programming succeeded in giving more students an authentic experience of medical research.
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- August 7, 2020
For people with eating disorders, the COVID pandemic is creating an array of new challenges that can disrupt coping strategies and pose a risk to recovery.
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- August 3, 2020
New genetic and patient analyses suggest severe COVID is linked to overactive complement, one of the immune system’s oldest branches, and excess blood clotting.
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- July 31, 2020
Googling for financial issues and disaster help rose sharply early in the COVID-19 pandemic and may portend a future increase in suicides, Columbia researchers found.
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- July 31, 2020
A breast cancer patient explains how her treatment team unflinchingly continued her care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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