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What a Decades-long Study of Arsenic Poisoning Can Tell Us About Human Health

Columbia researchers have spent over twenty-five years investigating the impacts of contaminated aquifers in Bangladesh 

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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair

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Cancer Screening Rules Are Changing. Are You Up to Date?

Columbia doctors say the right testing plan still depends on your personal risks and medical history

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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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Nurses First

How three women in New York are improving health care in Liberia with one simple but effective strategy

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First Responders

The emergency medical system that Americans take for granted — including 911 dispatchers and networks of first responders — doesn’t exist in many countries

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Paging Dr. Bard

A 275-year-old physician has a prescription for the ages

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Gluten-Free Fail!

Gluten-restrictive diets may be at odds with heart health

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Yeast-Based Tool Speeds Diagnosis

Developing countries may benefit from a new low-cost, portable tool that helps detect pathogens and identify treatable infections

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Big Breakthrough in Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

New study shows that a malfunctioning immune system may contribute to Parkinson’s disease

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A Voice for Women and Girls

A Q&A with Lindsay Stark ’10PH on gender-based violence among refugee populations

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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

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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

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New App to Help Diabetics

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

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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

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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

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