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Scientists have developed the first broad-spectrum antivenom to neutralize neurotoxins from 19 of the deadliest snakes.
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Perera received the inaugural Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award at an event celebrating her groundbreaking studies that revealed the harms to children caused by environmental toxins.
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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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Columbia researchers have found cannabis use disorder is rising among pregnant women as more states legalize the drug. Doctors advise against cannabis use during pregnancy,
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- April 30, 2024
Warning letters from Medicare sent to high prescribers reduced prescriptions of risky antipsychotics for elderly people with dementia without negatively affecting patient health.
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- April 17, 2024
Project STAY brings sexual health education and STI screening to underserved people in high schools, colleges, and other locations.
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- April 10, 2024
Young mothers have signs of faster cellular aging than other young women or young fathers, suggesting that pregnancy accelerates biological aging.
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- April 4, 2024
Study finds that postpartum depression is underdiagnosed in those reporting symptoms up to a year after giving birth, with Black and Asian individuals least likely to receive treatment.
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- March 28, 2024
Columbia public health researchers have found that laws that punish drug use during pregnancy worsened family health outcomes or had no beneficial effect, contrary to the laws' intent.
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- March 20, 2024
Living in federally supported housing—especially public housing—limits residents’ exposure to lead.
- March 20, 2024
New research suggests that a healthy diet is associated with reduced dementia risk because a healthy diet slows the pace of aging.
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- March 13, 2024
Navas-Acien is an internationally renowned scholar, instructor, and champion of environmental justice.
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- March 13, 2024
More than a million incarcerated people are exposed to dangerous combinations of heat and humidity.
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- March 6, 2024
A study by Columbia researchers found that prenatal exposure to general anesthesia is associated with a 31% increased risk of being diagnosed with a behavioral disorder during childhood.
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