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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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Autism, Unmasked

The causes of autism are multiple and mysterious, but Columbia scientists say the disorder's secrets will soon be revealed

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Getting to the Bottom of Depression

A study suggests that some people with depression suffer because a structural abnormality in the brain prevents them from interpreting social cues from other people

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Can We Talk About Overpopulation?

As numbers soar, scholars revisit a thorny debate

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Fertility Hope for Ovarian Cancer Patients

New research suggests that women with early-stage ovarian cancer may not need to undergo hysterectomies

Former U.S. Army Sgt. Kristofer Goldsmith, who was denied GI Bill benefits because he attempted suicide, listens to fellow members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War testify before Congress in 2008
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Casualties of War?

Suicides among U.S. Army personnel today are at their highest levels since the military began keeping records 30 years ago

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Flu Fighters

A team of young Columbia scientists discovered the genetic origins of H1N1 swine flu this spring. Now they’re racing to determine its deadly potential

Van Gogh's Sunflowers as seen through the eyes of a person with age-related macular degeneration, at left, and the same painting seen through the eyes of a person with retinitis pigmentosa
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Stem Cells Restore Eyesight in Mice

The findings suggest a new treatment strategy for a common ailment known as retinitis pigmentosa

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New Chemical Illuminates Brain Activity

Neuroscientists can now observe synaptic activity in live tissue with a new degree of precision

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Against the Grain

Peter H. R. Green became the go-to doc for a shadowy illness by learning to diagnose celiac disease

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Putting HIV Prevention in Women's Hands

A clinical trial demonstrates for the first time that an antiviral gel applied topically could prevent male-to-female HIV transmission

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Somebody Text a Doctor

Columbia students are using mobile phones to improve the collection of health-care data in Malawi

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Decoding Epilepsy

Scientists say they've found a genetic link to a childhood seizure disorder that causes the face, mouth, and throat to go numb

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