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How Do We Change the Way We Eat?
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How Do We Change the Way We Eat?

Our industrialized food system is harming our health and warming the planet. Columbia experts weigh in on solutions

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What Causes Autism? Study of 100,000 Kids Reveals New Clues
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What Causes Autism? Study of 100,000 Kids Reveals New Clues

Psychiatrist and epidemiologist Mady Hornig discusses the possible roots of this mysterious condition

Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair

The Single Best Way to Ease Inflammation and Boost Your Immune Health
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The Single Best Way to Ease Inflammation and Boost Your Immune Health

Columbia gastroenterologist Shilpa Ravella on the foods everyone should be eating — and the ones to avoid

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The Simple Questions That Can Prevent a Suicide
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The Simple Questions That Can Prevent a Suicide

With suicide rates at historic highs, Columbia researchers are training ordinary people to save lives

Why a Warming Planet Endangers Every Child’s Health
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Why a Warming Planet Endangers Every Child’s Health

Heat waves, floods, and other effects of climate change are putting kids at risk of illness and death

How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever
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How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever

How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.

You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse
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You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse

Columbia researchers explain why pollen counts are rising and suggest ways to fight back

Why COVID-19 Sufferers Lose Their Sense of Smell
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Why COVID-19 Sufferers Lose Their Sense of Smell

Immune systems provoke a firestorm of molecular chaos, according to new Columbia research

Brain Games: How the Mind Performs Under Pressure
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Brain Games: How the Mind Performs Under Pressure

What neuroscience and psychology can tell us about baseball – and ourselves

What Causes Autism? Study of 100,000 Kids Reveals New Clues
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What Causes Autism? Study of 100,000 Kids Reveals New Clues

Psychiatrist and epidemiologist Mady Hornig discusses the possible roots of this mysterious condition

What Do Memories Look Like?
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What Do Memories Look Like?

Columbia neuroscientists have figured out how to visually map memory formation

 

Shaping the Future of Public Health
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Shaping the Future of Public Health

At 100, Columbia’s Mailman School prepares to address some major societal challenges

The Mental Weight of COVID-19
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The Mental Weight of COVID-19

Columbia psychologists and psychiatrists prepare for a tsunami of mental-health issues caused by the collective trauma of the pandemic

Smog’s Threat to the Brain
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Smog’s Threat to the Brain

Our brains may be even more vulnerable to air pollution than previously thought

The Complex Legacies of Lyme Disease
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The Complex Legacies of Lyme Disease

A new clinic at Columbia specializes in treating patients with long-haul symptoms

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