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In his book, “Living Cancer,” Columbia oncologist Michael Weiner tells the stories of his patients and reflects on his 360-degree view of cancer as a physician, patient, and parent.
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The HPV vaccine has great potential to reduce the rate of cervical cancer in Africa, where Columbia researchers are trying to increase vaccination rates with texts.
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Columbia’s Evelyn Berger-Jenkins, MD, has co-authored new recommendations to help pediatricians address emotional and behavioral health issues in children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Compared with adults, children produce a very different antibody response after infection with the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, suggesting they clear the virus easily.
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- July 12, 2017
Michael Rosenbaum, MD, director of the new FIT clinic at Columbia for treatment of pediatric obesity, explains his research on weight loss and metabolism.
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- June 27, 2017
A communitywide intervention for families who receive WIC benefits reduced obesity risk factors in preschoolers.
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- March 8, 2017
This year's event featured a presentation by guest speaker Aletha Maybank, deputy commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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- January 31, 2017
Traces of flame retardants were found on the hands of all 3-year-olds in a Mailman study of 25 households in New York City.
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- December 20, 2016
Children who had heart surgery at NYP/CUMC had a significantly lower risk-adjusted mortality rate compared with all other New York state programs.
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- October 14, 2016
Children born to mothers who filled more than one SSRI prescription during pregnancy had a slightly greater risk of having a language disorder, a new study reported.
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- July 12, 2016
CUMC/NYP will serve as a clinical trial site for patients with food allergies as part of the Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Clinical Network.
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- June 7, 2016
A single exposure to general anesthesia poses no cognitive risk to children under age three, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.
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- May 11, 2016
Mailman experts are developing strategies to protect children from the stresses of poverty that alter the architecture of the developing brain.
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