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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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How Columbia psychiatry professor Robert Spitzer got homosexuality removed from the DSM’s list of mental disorders
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Untangling Minds
Columbia researchers led by Richard Mayeux ’91PH discover another gene that's associated with Alzheimer’s
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In the Genetic Bull's-Eye
A researcher says that the medical profession must address the “serious scientific and social concerns” raised by genetic research that targets racial and ethnic groups
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Infection Detection
Researchers have discovered a key mechanism within the deadly Marburg virus that enables it to break down the body's immune system
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Cellbound
Despite restrictions limiting research, Columbia scientists are unlocking the potential of human stem cells
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Prenatal Air
Researchers have found that when pregnant women are exposed to high levels of air pollution, their unborn babies are at risk for cognitive problems
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Preparing for the Unthinkable
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a grant to develop radiation-screening tools
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New Down Syndrome Test is Safe, Spots Trouble Early
Columbia physicians are rolling out a screening program that identifies high-risk patients with a blood test and ultrasound
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Katrina, Rita, and the Failure of Imagination
Irwin Redlener on why we still lack the capacity to imagine the impacts of catastrophic scenarios