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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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Wheat-Belly Blues are the Real Deal, Say Columbia Experts
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Wheat-Belly Blues are the Real Deal, Say Columbia Experts

A diagnostic test for gluten sensitivity could be on the horizon

3 Essential Strategies for Dealing with the Work-from-Home Blues
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3 Essential Strategies for Dealing with the Work-from-Home Blues

With millions of people now working remotely, many of those fortunate enough to still have jobs are confronting new challenges

Celebrating Florence Nightingale on Her 200th Birthday
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Celebrating Florence Nightingale on Her 200th Birthday

Columbia’s dean of nursing honors the Lady with the Lamp

It Takes a Special Microscope to Fight Alzheimer’s
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It Takes a Special Microscope to Fight Alzheimer’s

A supersensitive new instrument is helping Columbia scientists study the intricacies of neurodegenerative disease

COVID-19: What Happens Next
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COVID-19: What Happens Next

8 ways Columbia scientists and clinicians are working to understand this complex and confounding disease

How COVID-19 Could Reveal the Secrets of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Illustration by Ellen Weinstein of a woman sitting up in bed, looking out a window, to illustrate chronic fatigue syndrome
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How COVID-19 Could Reveal the Secrets of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Columbia scientists say the pandemic may offer valuable insights

Surprise! Your Sweet Tooth is Really in Your Gut
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Surprise! Your Sweet Tooth is Really in Your Gut

A new Columbia study reveals why artificial sweeteners won't satisfy your sugar cravings

Why Our Planet is a Breeding Ground for Emerging Diseases
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Why Our Planet is a Breeding Ground for Emerging Diseases

Experts say habitat destruction and climate change are factors

Understanding the Three Types of Loneliness
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Understanding the Three Types of Loneliness

Gerontologist Linda P. Fried discusses the unique mental stress of social isolation on the elderly

How COVID-19 Exposed the Ugliness of Health Injustice
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How COVID-19 Exposed the Ugliness of Health Injustice

The virus was said to be an indiscriminate killer. The numbers say otherwise

The Unique Challenges of Fighting COVID-19 in Africa
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The Unique Challenges of Fighting COVID-19 in Africa

A Columbia-based center deploys strategies learned from fighting HIV and Ebola

Future Nurses on Call
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Future Nurses on Call

Columbia nursing students and faculty nurse practitioners confront a new reality

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