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Gazi Azad helped develop Partners in School, an implementation package designed to increase the use of evidence-based practices at home and in school for children with autism.
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Most unlicensed cannabis retailers in New York City ignore state regulations aimed at preventing youths from purchasing their products, Columbia researchers have found.
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A study from Mailman researchers is the first to evaluate learning outcomes associated with reading an illustrated educational book on puberty and periods written for girls in the U.S.
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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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Latest News
- July 18, 2023
Learn the signs of heat stroke—a medical emergency—and how to keep kids cool.
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- July 13, 2023
A new podcast from the Columbia Department of Pediatrics offers parents simple and relatable advice for keeping kids of all ages healthy and happy.
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- July 11, 2023
Being hydrated is important to our health, but energy and hydration drinks often come with other costs.
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- July 3, 2023
Columbia physicians and surgeons led a pioneering “domino” transplant that saved two babies’ lives.
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- June 26, 2023
Higher neighborhood density of unhealthy retail food establishments (fast food, bodegas, and convenience stores) leads to higher risk of unhealthy birth weights and long term health issues.
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- June 16, 2023
In Columbia's Department of Pediatrics, the father-daughter duo of Drs. Rudy and Natasha Leibel works to improve care for children with diabetes.
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- May 23, 2023
Columbia Psychiatry launched the Intensive Adolescent & Family DBT Program in December 2022 to helps teenagers struggling with mental health issues get back into their lives.
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- May 19, 2023
What started as a medical mission to save the life of one child in Venezuela has grown into a program that is building liver transplant programs for children across the Caribbean and Central America.
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- May 15, 2023
Earlier this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated treatment guidelines to endorse recommendations for earlier weight loss surgery in children with obesity.
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- April 28, 2023
Columbia's Jocelyn Brown is among a small number of American pediatricians trained to evaluate potential child-abuse cases, with the goal of protecting the child.
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