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Sleeping too Little (or too Much) Linked to Faster Aging, and Other Science News
The latest findings from Columbia researchers
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Your Chatbot Is a Terrible Therapist. Here’s Why.
Columbia clinicians are studying how ChatGPT and other AI tools may reinforce harmful beliefs and endanger vulnerable users
Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair
The Pollution Inside Your Home
Columbia researchers measured the air in and around New York City apartment buildings. What they found surprised them
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Some Credence to Clear-Water Revival
The Hudson River is the cleanest it's been since 1984
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Study: “Wheat Sensitivity” is Real
(It may affect more than just celiac sufferers)
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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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A Mystery of the Infant Brain, Revealed
A new finding could give insight into autism and ADHD
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Signs of Life
Two alumni entrepreneurs are helping to reduce infant mortality rates in Uganda
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To Create a Memory, Fresh Cells Required
The majority of our brain cells have to last an entire lifetime
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Gene-Editing Technology Could Treat Blindness
A new technique could revolutionize the treatment of some inheritable diseases.
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The Great Salt Debate that Wasn't
Are warnings about the sodium content of the modern American diet greatly exaggerated?
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Big Guys, Tender Hearts
Columbia cardiologists are collaborating with the NBA to identify athletes at risk for sudden cardiac death
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Don't Drink the Water
A Q&A with historian and public-health expert David Rosner about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
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Meet the Girl with the NUP214-ABL1 Gene
A team of physicians and scientists working on a new precision-medicine initiative face their ultimate test