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When Grief Won't End

For some bereaved adults, time does not heal. Columbia researchers are looking for answers

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Radical Solutions for Baldness

Geneticist Angela Christiano’s research not only offers hope to those suffering from hair loss, it could point the way to new cancer therapies

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Hair-Regeneration Method the First to Grow New Follicles

Columbia scientists have done something that until now only snake-oil salesmen claimed was possible

Abstract illustration by Shout of a dying person being escorted to a staircase away from life, for Columbia Magazine winter 2020-21 issue
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The Lost Art of Dying Well

A physician and medical ethicist argues that society has lost sight of the spiritual resources we need to confront our mortality 

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Understanding the Three Types of Loneliness

Gerontologist Linda P. Fried discusses the unique mental stress of social isolation on the elderly

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How COVID-19 Exposed the Ugliness of Health Injustice

The virus was said to be an indiscriminate killer. The numbers say otherwise

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The Unique Challenges of Fighting COVID-19 in Africa

A Columbia-based center deploys strategies learned from fighting HIV and Ebola

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Future Nurses on Call

Columbia nursing students and faculty nurse practitioners confront a new reality

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How to Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts

Top virus hunter W. Ian Lipkin develops a plan for a global disease-alert system

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Engineers ...and Librarians! to the Rescue

Columbia staff and students get creative in combating a shortage of face masks

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Staying Sane in a Pandemic-Stricken World

A Columbia psychologist and anxiety expert explains the impulse to “panic buy,” and how to satisfy our need to feel in control

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Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins Exposed in New Detail

Findings from Columbia researchers may open the door for new preventive treatments

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Columbia Alumni Associations in Asia Offer Aid and Support

Members of Columbia’s vast Chinese alumni network recently donated PPE and cash

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Armed With Overdose Meds, Columbia Students Save Lives

In the span of less than a year, five students have administered naloxone to overdose victims

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Pandemic Highlights Urgent Need for Long-Term Vaccine Development

Pioneering AIDS researcher David D. Ho joins fight against COVID-19

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Meet the Expert Who Has Studied Handwashing For More Than 40 Years

Elaine Larson, a professor emerita of nursing research and epidemiology, breaks down a hygiene essential

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