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Inflammation may not be a universal human experience, but a byproduct of industrialized lifestyles.
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A new study finds that preteens with addictive patterns of social media, video games, or mobile phones use are more likely to experience worse mental health and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
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Even low levels of arsenic below the U.S. safety standard are associated with preterm birth and low birthweight, a study by Columbia public health researchers has found.
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The Mailman School of Public Health announced new scholarships and faculty funds honoring the leadership of Linda P. Fried, who ends her 17-year tenure as dean this summer.
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- March 4, 2022
Columbia has helped launch New York City’s new Pandemic Response Institute, which will develop an equitable crisis response that doesn’t leave people behind.
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- March 4, 2022
Computer models have helped anticipate COVID’s peaks and troughs, but models have a “cone of uncertainty” and much about the future of the pandemic remains unknown.
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- March 3, 2022
Black and Hispanic nursing home residents are more likely than their white counterparts to live in facilities that provide fewer palliative care services, a study from Columbia Nursing shows.
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- March 1, 2022
Prices paid to anesthesia practitioners increased after hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers contracted with a physician management company, a new study finds.
- February 22, 2022
Epidurals lessen the risk of postpartum hemorrhaging, the leading cause of preventable severe maternal morbidity, according to a new study from Columbia University.
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- February 8, 2022
Two in five people who use alcohol and cannabis together admit driving under the influence of alcohol, cannabis, or both, according to a new study from the Mailman School of Public Health.
- February 3, 2022
A grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a multi-institutional group in New York City to address health disparities in multiple chronic diseases.
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- February 2, 2022
Columbia’s College of Dental Medicine has a long history of providing dental care to the Northern Manhattan community. Here’s why that matters.
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- January 28, 2022
The new director of the Pandemic Response Institute at Columbia's ICAP says the voices of the most marginalized must be brought into the conversation to improve future pandemic response.
- January 11, 2022
Larger health warnings on cigarette packs may help more women in low- and middle-income countries make it through their first day of quitting, a critical predictor of long-term success.
