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

Columbia researchers explain why pollen counts are rising and suggest ways to fight back

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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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What Causes Autism? Study of 100,000 Kids Reveals New Clues

Psychiatrist and epidemiologist Mady Hornig discusses the possible roots of this mysterious condition

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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

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“Get the Shot!” Urges Rap Star

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-DMC is appearing in a new series of educational music videos launched by Hip Hop Public Health

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Psychiatrists to Study How College Students’ Lives are Shaped by COVID-19

The pandemic has turned everybody’s lives upside down, and students have made profound sacrifices

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New Program Will Research Brain Longevity

Introducing the the Sagol Brain Longevity Program at Columbia’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

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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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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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What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Now

A daily spritz of nasal spray might protect us, and other updates from Columbia experts

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Genetic Study Reveals Causes of Many Stillbirths

Every year some twenty-four thousand expectant mothers in the US lose their babies in the final stages of pregnancy

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Changing Minds About Masks

A Columbia-led online PR campaign has reached more than one million people

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Wheat-Belly Blues are the Real Deal, Say Columbia Experts

A diagnostic test for gluten sensitivity could be on the horizon

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3 Essential Strategies for Dealing with the Work-from-Home Blues

With millions of people now working remotely, many of those fortunate enough to still have jobs are confronting new challenges

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Celebrating Florence Nightingale on Her 200th Birthday

Columbia’s dean of nursing honors the Lady with the Lamp

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It Takes a Special Microscope to Fight Alzheimer’s

A supersensitive new instrument is helping Columbia scientists study the intricacies of neurodegenerative disease

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