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How Do We Change the Way We Eat?
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Health & Medicine

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

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

The Single Best Way to Ease Inflammation and Boost Your Immune Health
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The Single Best Way to Ease Inflammation and Boost Your Immune Health

Columbia gastroenterologist Shilpa Ravella on the foods everyone should be eating — and the ones to avoid

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Gut Bacteria Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Gut Bacteria Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A mysterious disorder that affects more than one million Americans is linked to abnormal levels of certain gut bacteria

Medical Breakthrough Could Increase Supply of Donor Organs
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Medical Breakthrough Could Increase Supply of Donor Organs

By the time donor organs are harvested, packed in ice, and transported to where they are needed, many are no longer usable

New App to Help Diabetics
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New App to Help Diabetics

People with type 2 diabetes may soon find it easier to manage their condition

Painkiller Abuse Now a Global Scourge
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Painkiller Abuse Now a Global Scourge

The epidemic of prescription-drug abuse that has ravaged the US is fast becoming a global problem

Hoofed Healers
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Hoofed Healers

Dozens of US military veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder will soon be encouraged to bond with horses by grooming and caring for them

In Sub-Saharan Africa, Turning the Tide Against AIDS
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, Turning the Tide Against AIDS

Scientists report that the annual rates of new HIV infections in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have fallen

Weighty Matters
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Weighty Matters

A Q&A with Columbia medical professor Michael Rosenbaum on obesity research

Data Mining Reveals Risky Drug Combos
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Data Mining Reveals Risky Drug Combos

Two of the most commonly prescribed medications can cause cardiac arrest if combined

Some Credence to Clear-Water Revival
Andrew Juhl and Greg O'Mullan
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Some Credence to Clear-Water Revival

The Hudson River is the cleanest it's been since 1984

Study: “Wheat Sensitivity” is Real
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Study: “Wheat Sensitivity” is Real

(It may affect more than just celiac sufferers)

Your Beautiful Brain
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Your Beautiful Brain

Dispatches from the frontier of neuroscience

Cambodia’s Orphanages are Packed — but not with Orphans
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Cambodia’s Orphanages are Packed — but not with Orphans

Columbia Public Health researchers uncover a disturbing finding

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