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Three CUIMC students have already put their naloxone training into action and saved the lives of strangers who had overdosed on opioids.
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Cities with strong rail networks, including Barcelona, have the lowest road injury rates, while U.S. cities still experience high road injury rates from city designs that encourage motor vehicle use.
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Researchers hoped treatment of HIV-infected infants within hours of birth would increase remission, but a new study finds that starting treatment within the first two weeks leads to similar outcomes.
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Moms are subjected to more scrutiny, but binge drinking has increased in nearly all groups of adults in the past decade, a new study from the Mailman School of Public Health has found.
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- November 28, 2012
In this new era, a tweet from a farm of infected pigs during a swine flu outbreak can help prevent the spread of H1N1, and an Instagram photo from a flooded parking lot in Lower Manhattan can warn people of where to avoid during a hurricane. --from The 2X2 Project
- November 27, 2012
What happens when people use at-home HIV tests to screen sexual partners? Researcher Alex Carballo-Dieguez finds out.
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- November 21, 2012
Why solving obesity is more complicated than a couple of Twinkies. By Abdul El-Sayed, The 2X2 Project
- November 21, 2012
Impulsive behavior in first graders can predict problem gambling in teen years: a new study from researchers at Mailman School of Public Health.
- November 16, 2012
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo names Dr. Irwin Redlener to co-chair the NYS Ready Commission to ensure critical systems and services are primed for any disaster.
- November 8, 2012
Women who have surgery for ovarian cancer at high-volume hospitals have superior outcomes than similar patients at low-volume hospitals.
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- November 2, 2012
Mailman professor Andrew Rundle is leading a TEDMED Great Challenge team, promoting the idea of physical activity.
- October 31, 2012
Even when it’s not Halloween, Simon Anthony, PhD, spends a lot of time with bats.
- October 25, 2012
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have created the first true mouse model of typhoid infection.
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- October 19, 2012
Dr. Katherine Crew found that an extract in green tea, Polyphenon E, appears to inhibit tumor cell growth, migration and invasion.
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