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Ovaries are the fastest aging organ in the body, but the least studied organ in aging research. New findings from Columbia's Yousin Suh suggests ovarian aging has lessons for us all.
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In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects.
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Stress experienced during pregnancy may influence a child’s health later in life. Columbia researcher Claudia Lugo-Candelas is investigating how sleep quality may play a role.
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In an effort to improve oral health during pregnancy, Bree Zhang is designing a course to help obstetricians incorporate dental care into routine prenatal care.
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- November 11, 2024
Inspired by techniques that astrophysicists use to find new galaxies, Columbia Fertility is using AI and advanced imaging to recover rare sperm cells from infertile men and help them become fathers.
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- October 21, 2024
Uma M. Reddy, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is among a select group of leaders in medicine and health elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.
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- September 11, 2024
Columbia researchers found an increase in surgical sterilization among women after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
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- August 29, 2024
Columbia researcher Jasmine McDonald, who studies factors that affect the risk of developing breast cancer, discusses what is known about breastfeeding's protective influence on maternal health.
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- August 20, 2024
Human embryos often fail to cope with high levels of replication stress early in development. Their failure not only impairs fertility treatment but may have long-ranging impacts on our health.
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- August 14, 2024
Columbia researchers found that exposure to famine early in gestation—but not in the first years of life or late gestation—increased the risk of developing type 2 diabetes decades later.
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- May 29, 2024
Faculty and students in biomedical informatics are exploring how observational health data and informatics methods could shed light on women's health issues, particularly endometriosis and PCOS.
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- May 14, 2024
A new initiative brings researchers in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology closer to understanding the impact of the environment on women's health.
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- April 4, 2024
Study finds that postpartum depression is underdiagnosed in those reporting symptoms up to a year after giving birth, with Black and Asian individuals least likely to receive treatment.
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- March 28, 2024
Columbia public health researchers have found that laws that punish drug use during pregnancy worsened family health outcomes or had no beneficial effect, contrary to the laws' intent.
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