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WEBHow Columbia’s ICAP Has Revolutionized the Fight for Global Health. Health & Medicine. How Columbia’s ICAP Has Revolutionized the Fight for Global Health. The center, led by Wafaa El-Sadr ’91PH, combats HIV, …

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The Science of Healthy Aging Columbia Magazine

WEBThe Science of Healthy Aging. We talked with Linda P. Fried, dean of Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health and an internationally recognized gerontologist, about the …

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The Single Best Way to Ease Inflammation and Boost Your …

WEBPhoto illustration by Len Small. (Ruslan Galiullin / Shutterstock and Akarawut / Shutterstock) Chronic inflammation, often subtle and undetected, has been shown to contribute to a staggering array of …

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In Defense of Diet Drugs Columbia Magazine

WEBIn Defense of Diet Drugs. Judith Korner ’92GSAS, ’93VPS, an expert in the science of obesity at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, weighs the risks and …

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The Wages of Health Columbia Magazine

WEBThe Wages of Health. Manmeet Kaur and Prabhjot Singh made a commitment to serving their community. Despite enduring a terrifying act of violence, they haven’t broken it. Prabhjot Singh and Manmeet Kaur. …

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The Simple Questions That Can Prevent a Suicide

WEBSuicide is an increasingly urgent public-health concern. What can you tell us about the long-term trends? Over the past two decades, the annual suicide rate in the US has increased by about 30 percent. In 2020, …

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The Mental Weight of COVID-19 Columbia Magazine

WEBColumbia psychologists and psychiatrists prepare for a tsunami of mental-health issues caused by the collective trauma of the pandemic. When COVID-19 raged across the globe in early 2020, people were terrified of …

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6 Health and Wellness Books to Add to Your Reading List

WEBOver the last several years, public confidence in the medical field has eroded dangerously, contributing to public-health crises, such as the mass mistrust of …

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How Your Birth Month Influences Your Health

WEBThe study, which compared the birth dates and medical histories of 1.7 million people treated at New York–Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center …

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The Nurse Practitioner Who Wants to Bring Concierge …

WEBRakiyah Jones. Concierge medicine, in which patients pay retainer fees for near-unlimited access to their doctors, may sound like a luxury item for the affluent, but KinFolk Family Health, a clinic in Montclair, New Jersey, …

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You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse

WEBThe second strategy for beating seasonal allergies, Gudis says, is to take medications like nasal steroid sprays or anti-histamines, which block the cascade of inflammation that …

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How Columbia’s ICAP Has Revolutionized the Fight for Global Health

WEBHealth workers in Zambia conduct surveys to track progress against HIV. With a commitment to partnership as a key priority, El-Sadr and her colleagues founded ICAP …

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4 Telemedicine Companies for Mental Health and More

WEBValera Health, cofounded in 2015 by physician and entrepreneur Thomas Tsang ’02PH, treats patients suffering from anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and …

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The Complex Legacies of Lyme Disease Columbia Magazine

WEBThe Complex Legacies of Lyme Disease. Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, is one of the fastest-spreading infectious diseases in the …

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Shaping the Future of Public Health Columbia Magazine

WEBLu Zhang. In late 1918, with influenza surging in New York City, Joseph De Lamar, a Dutch-born mining mogul who had lived on Madison Avenue, left $3 million to Columbia’s …

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How COVID-19 Exposed the Ugliness of Health Injustice

WEBWith African-Americans and Latinos being uninsured at high rates — and being hit hard by COVID-19 — Vasan is calling for direct intervention. “We need to deploy critical tools — …

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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

WEBAntonio Guillem. American adults who identify as politically liberal have long reported lower levels of happiness and psychological well-being than conservatives, a trend that mental …

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Is Marijuana a Miracle Drug

WEBThe prospect of using cannabis to alleviate chronic pain poses trickier questions for patients and physicians, Haney says, since marijuana does often work as …

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Legendary Child Psychiatrist Clarice Kestenbaum Looks Back — …

WEBIn 1988, she and Ian Canino founded CARING (Children At Risk: Intervention for a New Generation) at Columbia, which promotes mental health for at …

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A Milestone for Health Care in Burundi Columbia Magazine

WEBA Milestone for Health Care in Burundi. A refugee once dreamed of opening a hospital. This year, his wish will come true. Deogratias Niyizonkiza (Bill Bullard) Burundi, a small …

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How Much Plastic Is in Bottled Water

WEBIn addition, they are collaborating with environmental-health experts at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health to find plastic fragments in a variety of human tissues and …

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Public Health Dean Rosenfield to Step Down Columbia Magazine

WEBAllan Rosenfield, dean of the Mailman School of Public Health since 1986, has asked the University to begin a search for a new dean. Although suffering from amyotrophic lateral …

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A Columbia Professor Helps Chris Hemsworth Stress-Proof His Life

WEBAkinola points out that everyday stressors — around work, money, relationships, health, societal issues — can increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, …

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Garud Iyengar to Lead Data Science Institute Columbia Magazine

WEBCourtesy of Columbia Engineering. Garud Iyengar, a longtime professor of industrial engineering and operations research, has been chosen to lead Columbia’s …

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Vampire Weekend Still Haunts Columbia Columbia Magazine

WEBChris Baio, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Tomson. (Michael Schmelling) It’s hard to believe that sixteen years have passed since Vampire Weekend released its first …

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Scientists Go Bananas Over Baby Galaxies Columbia Magazine

WEBNASA; SHUTTERSTOCK. Astronomers recently got their first close-up look at the early universe and saw something they were not expecting: fledgling galaxies …

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A New Way to Spot Text Written by AI, and Other Science News

WEBTippaPatt / Shutterstock. Columbia computer scientists Junfeng Yang, Carl Vondrick, and Chengzhi Mao ’23SEAS have developed an algorithm that reliably detects …

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Cas Holloway Named Chief Operating Officer Columbia Magazine

WEBChristian Whan. Cas Holloway, a former deputy mayor of New York City, business leader, and entrepreneur, was recently named Columbia’s chief operating …

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Uncovering the History of Women in Silent Film Columbia …

WEBAlice Guy Blaché (TCD / Prod.DB / Alamy) Mention women in silent film and most people will think of “America’s sweetheart” Mary Pickford or flapper flirt Clara Bow. …

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