Health & Medicine

Genetic-sequencing techniques may soon make it feasible for scientists to catalog all the viruses in our mammalian compatriots

There's strong evidence that forgetfulness in old age may be reversible

Introducing a satirical, Yiddish alternative to the "bible of psychiatry"

A new genetic test allows parents to peer into their unborn children's medical future. Are we ready for this knowledge?

Columbia researchers have created the first forecasting system for influenza outbreaks 

A new study suggests that type 2 disease progresses in a different way than previously thought

Columbia researchers uncover the cause of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is at the forefront of regenerative medicine. Can her laboratory-grown body parts really work?

A new discovery brings scientists closer to understanding how the disease spreads

Columbia researchers study the impacts of an alternative-to-incarceration program for single mothers

The device requires just a drop of blood from a finger prick and reveals its diagnosis in fifteen minutes

If scientists expect to cure cancer they need to take bigger risks, says Columbia biochemist Brent Stockwell