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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
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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair
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Can We Solve the Parkinson’s Puzzle?
How Columbia researchers are working to treat, prevent, and ultimately cure the world’s fastest-growing neurological disorder
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The World’s Most Contagious Disease Makes a Comeback
In Booster Shots, pediatrician Adam Ratner ’97PH, ’97VPS grapples with the repercussions of the anti-vax movement
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The Myth of Moderate Drinking and the New Rules on Booze
Columbia epidemiologist Katherine Keyes ’10PH explains the slippery science behind alcohol’s health effects
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How Social Media Affects the Teenage Brain
Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing
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Gene May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Science News
Research briefs from Columbia
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In Search of the ‘Good Dad’ Hormone
Neurobiologists pinpoint the source of paternal instinct in the oldfield mouse, a rodent known for its unique fatherly behavior
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Are You at Risk for Long Covid?
Columbia researchers identify the people most likely to suffer
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The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science
Columbia’s Anatomical Donor Program gives students the education of a lifetime — and donors some posthumous perks
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The Magic and Mystery of Psychedelic Therapies
As new trials show that psilocybin and LSD may help treat depression and anxiety, mental-health providers get ready for a revolution
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Hot Weather Is More Dangerous than You Think. Here Are 6 Things You Need to Know
Christopher Tedeschi, a Columbia emergency physician, discusses the warning signs of heat stroke and related conditions
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A Physician’s Journey into the Minds of Coma Patients
In studying people with severe brain injuries, Columbia neurologist Jan Claassen hopes to better identify those likely to regain consciousness
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Legendary Child Psychiatrist Clarice Kestenbaum Looks Back — and Forward
At 95, the Columbia professor emerita of clinical psychiatry reflects on an ever-developing field