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Sleeping too Little (or too Much) Linked to Faster Aging, and Other Science News
The latest findings from Columbia researchers
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Your Chatbot Is a Terrible Therapist. Here’s Why.
Columbia clinicians are studying how ChatGPT and other AI tools may reinforce harmful beliefs and endanger vulnerable users
Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair
The Pollution Inside Your Home
Columbia researchers measured the air in and around New York City apartment buildings. What they found surprised them
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Biomedical Research
Columbia researchers are using AI to unravel genetic mysteries behind cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more
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How the Science of ‘Exposomics’ Could Improve Drug Safety
Pioneering research seeks to reduce the frequency of adverse drug reactions
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The Mobile Clinic Fighting Breast Cancer in Georgia
Surgeon Rogsbert Phillips-Reed ’77VPS takes her advocacy for women’s health on the road
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Can We Solve the Parkinson’s Puzzle?
How Columbia researchers are working to treat, prevent, and ultimately cure the world’s fastest-growing neurological disorder
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The World’s Most Contagious Disease Makes a Comeback
In Booster Shots, pediatrician Adam Ratner ’97PH, ’97VPS grapples with the repercussions of the anti-vax movement
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The Myth of Moderate Drinking and the New Rules on Booze
Columbia epidemiologist Katherine Keyes ’10PH explains the slippery science behind alcohol’s health effects
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How Social Media Affects the Teenage Brain
Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing
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Gene May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Science News
Research briefs from Columbia
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In Search of the ‘Good Dad’ Hormone
Neurobiologists pinpoint the source of paternal instinct in the oldfield mouse, a rodent known for its unique fatherly behavior
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Are You at Risk for Long Covid?
Columbia researchers identify the people most likely to suffer
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The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science
Columbia’s Anatomical Donor Program gives students the education of a lifetime — and donors some posthumous perks
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The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies
As new trials show that psilocybin and LSD may help treat depression and anxiety, mental-health providers get ready for a revolution