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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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Two teams at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are working to train patients’ immune cells to seek and destroy rogue cells that cause cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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New research has found that eating five cups of fruits and vegetables during the day significantly improves sleep quality that same night.
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- September 25, 2024
Combining a diabetes drug with a cancer drug not only kills aggressive bladder cancer cells in mice, but also turns remaining malignant cells into a more benign state.
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- September 24, 2024
During her talk, “The Joy of Figuring Things Out,” Olinto told the audience that pursuing her dream of becoming an astrophysicist was challenging at times as a woman in a male-dominated field.
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- September 23, 2024
Children born during the pandemic, including those exposed to COVID-19 in utero, were no more likely to screen positive for autism than unexposed or pre-pandemic children.
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- September 20, 2024
The 2024 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award recognizes Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool Karim for global contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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- September 20, 2024
Findings from the Mailman School's HEATE project could inform policy interventions to safeguard the health and well-being of New Yorkers against the threat of extreme indoor temperatures.
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- September 18, 2024
Columbia awards the 2024 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Scott Emr and Wesley Sundquist for discovering the ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport) pathway and revealing how it works.
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- September 16, 2024
Established two decades ago, the essential tremor brain bank at Columbia has been instrumental in revealing the source and biology of a common but understudied neurodegenerative disorder.
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- September 11, 2024
The center will organize and stimulate research on the human exposome—the cumulative measure of environmental exposures and corresponding biological responses.
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- September 11, 2024
Columbia researchers found an increase in surgical sterilization among women after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
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- September 11, 2024
The "StreetTalk" method—deployed by Mailman researchers to study energy insecurity—could change the way qualitative research is conducted and publicized while maintaining rigorous standards.
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