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The Scientist Teaching Cancer to Self-Destruct
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The Scientist Teaching Cancer to Self-Destruct

“Ferroptosis,” a process discovered by biologist Brent R. Stockwell, could help defeat some of the deadliest cancers

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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair

Can We Stop the Next Pandemic?
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Can We Stop the Next Pandemic?

Hit with budget cuts, Columbia’s Global Alliance for Preventing Pandemics is working to get ahead of the next mass outbreak

How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever
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How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever

How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.

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How the Science of ‘Exposomics’ Could Improve Drug Safety
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How the Science of ‘Exposomics’ Could Improve Drug Safety

Pioneering research seeks to reduce the frequency of adverse drug reactions

The Mobile Clinic Fighting Breast Cancer in Georgia
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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

Can We Solve the Parkinson’s Puzzle?
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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

The World’s Most Contagious Disease Makes a Comeback
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The World’s Most Contagious Disease Makes a Comeback

In Booster Shots, pediatrician Adam Ratner ’97PH, ’97VPS grapples with the repercussions of the anti-vax movement

The Myth of Moderate Drinking and the New Rules on Booze
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The Myth of Moderate Drinking and the New Rules on Booze

Columbia epidemiologist Katherine Keyes ’10PH explains the slippery science behind alcohol’s health effects

How Social Media Affects the Teenage Brain
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How Social Media Affects the Teenage Brain

Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing

Gene May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Science News
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Gene May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Science News

Research briefs from Columbia

In Search of the ‘Good Dad’ Hormone
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In Search of the ‘Good Dad’ Hormone

Neurobiologists pinpoint the source of paternal instinct in the oldfield mouse, a rodent known for its unique fatherly behavior

Are You at Risk for Long Covid?
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Are You at Risk for Long Covid?

Columbia researchers identify the people most likely to suffer

The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science
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The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science

Columbia’s Anatomical Donor Program gives students the education of a lifetime — and donors some posthumous perks

The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies
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The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies

As new trials show that psilocybin and LSD may help treat depression and anxiety, mental-health providers get ready for a revolution

Hot Weather Is More Dangerous than You Think. Here Are 6 Things You Need to Know
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Hot Weather Is More Dangerous than You Think. Here Are 6 Things You Need to Know

Christopher Tedeschi, a Columbia emergency physician, discusses the warning signs of heat stroke and related conditions

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