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Health & Medicine

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

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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair

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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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"Coexistence (detail)," 2019. Art made from bacteria by Columbia biomedical engineer Tal Danino.
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The Miraculous Beauty and Healing Power of Ordinary Bacteria

Biomedical engineer Tal Danino finds both art and new cancer-fighting therapies in Earth's most abundant lifeforms

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It’s Time to Stop Obsessing about the War on Cancer

Leukemia specialist Azra Raza on why the medical field needs to focus more on early detection

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Health & Medicine

Does the US Transplant System Waste too Many Kidneys?

A new study suggests that patients are missing out on viable organs

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Health & Medicine

The Latest on Vaping Risks

Research from Columbia indicates that e-cigarette users are inhaling dangerous amounts of nickel and chromium 

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Health & Medicine

The Art of "Radical Listening"

Columbia holds a three-day workshop on the healing power of narrative medicine

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Health & Medicine

The Secret Life of Bones

Science suggests the skeleton is our most underrated organ

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Health & Medicine

Now Scientists Can Alert Immune System to Cancer Cells in Hiding

The technique could lay the groundwork for a new type of immunotherapy

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Health & Medicine

Making Precision Medicine Work for Every Body

A new study aims to identify ways of diversifying genetic databases

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Health & Medicine

Touring Brooklyn’s Urban Farms

Students get a fresh look at the issues of food justice and sustainability

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Health & Medicine

Can a Surgeon Be Too Stressed to Operate?

Anxious docs are more prone to mistakes, study finds

ToxicDocs founders Gerald Markowitz, Merlin Chowkwanyun, and David Rosner
Health & Medicine

ToxicDocs Exposes Industry Misdeeds

A database reveals which American companies have been accused of knowingly harming citizens with products containing poisonous substances

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Health & Medicine

The Secret Research That Could Make You Healthier

A business professor studies the psychology of secrets

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