Health & Medicine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(It may affect more than just celiac sufferers)

Dispatches from the frontier of neuroscience