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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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How Do We Change the Way We Eat?
Our industrialized food system is harming our health and warming the planet. Columbia experts weigh in on solutions
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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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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