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A Shrink Walks into a Gay Tiki Bar…
How Columbia psychiatry professor Robert Spitzer got homosexuality removed from the DSM’s list of mental disorders
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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair
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What Will It Take to Prevent School Shootings?
In our desperation to protect children, we’re turning schools into fortresses. Columbia researchers are leading a nationwide investigation to see if these tactics actually work
How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever
How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.
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The Secret Science Behind Feeling Great
Columbia biologists propose a more holistic framework for measuring health — asking not what ails you, but what makes you thrive
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Would You Want to Know if Alzheimer’s Were in Your Future?
New AI-based screening tools could help people who are falling through the cracks
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How to Make Your Skin Look Younger for Longer
Dermatologist Lian Mack ’99CC weighs in on Botox, moisturizer, and more
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The Extreme Heat Waves that Shouldn’t Exist
Regions accustomed to more mild climates have been recording dangerously high temperatures
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Stopping HIV Before It Starts
ICAP, a global health organization at Columbia, is helping reduce mother-to-child HIV transmissions in six African nations
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Why Your Diet Impacts Your Sleep
Nutrition scientist Marie-Pierre St-Onge discusses the effects of melatonin and tryptophan and suggests what to eat for a better night’s sleep
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Why Are So Many Younger Adults Getting Cancer?
Columbia researchers are investigating ultra-processed foods, sedentary lifestyles, and other possible explanations
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Progress Toward an HIV Vaccine, and Other Science News
Research briefs from Columbia
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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