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Most hair, body, and personal care products contain “chemicals of concern.” A Columbia epidemiologist explains how to figure out what's safe to buy and use.
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At the meeting, Columbia researchers presented work about the flow of guns between states, prevention of school gun violence, and universal background checks.
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Even if your diet doesn’t meet nutrition guidelines, it’s unlikely you'd benefit from any dietary supplement.
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Columbia researchers are working with the MTA on a project aimed at strengthening the resilience of public transit during public health disasters.
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Latest News
- July 14, 2015
A plan to ensure that evidence-based psychosocial interventions are routinely used in clinical practice and made a part of clinical training for mental health professionals was released today by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
- July 1, 2015
Despite concerns that use of antipsychotic medications in treating young people has increased, use actually declined between 2006 and 2010 for children ages 12 and under, and increased for adolescents and young adults.
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- June 26, 2015
Columbia public health professor Michael Sparer explains this week's Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act.
- June 17, 2015
Marijuana use in teenagers does not increase after a state legalizes medical marijuana, according to study.
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- May 15, 2015
Robyn Jordan's dream was always to become a doctor, but getting a public health degree had to come first.
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- May 12, 2015
A Mailman School of Public Health researcher reviews 10 years of New York City public health campaigns that frighten, disgust, and sometimes stigmatize.
- March 19, 2015
Four P&S physicians—Joy Vink, Nasir Naqvi, Max O'Donnell, and Sameer Sheth—have been named 2015 Gerstner Scholars.
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- March 3, 2015
Chronic fatigue syndrome leaves immune markers in the blood, report Mailman School researchers.
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- February 25, 2015
In a perspective published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Spencer describes his experiences both in Guinea as a volunteer and after his return to the United States.
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- February 23, 2015
Household net worth is a major and overlooked factor in adherence to hormonal therapy among breast cancer patients and partially explains racial disparities in quality of care.
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