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WEBSusan B. Scrimshaw ’74GSAS was awarded the Adam Yarmolinsky Medal for her contributions to the National Academy of Medicine. Scrimshaw has been a member of …

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The Single Best Way to Ease Inflammation and Boost Your …

WEBNightshade vegetables like tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, and peppers are good for your immune system, Ravella says, despite some health practitioners’ claims to the contrary. …

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The Wages of Health Columbia Magazine

WEBW hen Manmeet Kaur and Prabhjot Singh moved into East Harlem in 2010, the health crisis there had long been dire.. Seven years earlier, the Journal of General Internal Medicine …

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Shaping the Future of Public Health Columbia Magazine

WEBLu Zhang. In late 1918, with influenza surging in New York City, Joseph De Lamar, a Dutch-born mining mogul who had lived on Madison Avenue, left $3 million to Columbia’s …

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The Nurse Practitioner Who Wants to Bring Concierge Health Care …

WEBRakiyah Jones. Concierge medicine, in which patients pay retainer fees for near-unlimited access to their doctors, may sound like a luxury item for the affluent, but KinFolk Family …

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6 Health and Wellness Books to Add to Your Reading List

WEBThe Anatomy of Anxiety. By Ellen Vora ’08VPS. Anxiety can be a crippling condition, with symptoms that impact the entire body — sleeplessness, brain fog, and …

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How Your Birth Month Influences Your Health Columbia Magazine

WEBI n a study that is the largest of its kind ever conducted, a team of Columbia data scientists has shown that the month you were born helps determine your risk for asthma, ADHD, …

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How Much Plastic Is in Bottled Water

WEBWhat they found is sobering: their studies show that bottled water contains far more plastic than previously estimated. In fact, a typical one-liter bottle contains nearly a quarter …

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Improving Health, One Neighbor at a Time

WEBOn Campus Improving Health, One Neighbor at a Time Fall 2018 A health worker takes a local resident's blood pressure. Photo by Harmon Moats. The Community Wellness …

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Legendary Child Psychiatrist Clarice Kestenbaum Looks Back — …

WEBAt her ninety-fifth birthday party at her Upper West Side apartment earlier this year, Clarice Kestenbaum ’68VPS, professor emerita of clinical psychiatry, was in fine form: …

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The Simple Questions That Can Prevent a Suicide

WEBThe main cause of suicide, after all, is depression, which is a heritable and treatable medical condition. So by helping someone through a suicidal crisis, you are saving their …

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The Mental Weight of COVID-19 Columbia Magazine

WEBWhen COVID-19 raged across the globe in early 2020, people were terrified of the novel pathogen. Health-care professionals were taxed to their limits as hospitals filled with …

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A Baby’s Secret Weapon Against Germs Columbia Magazine

WEBA Baby’s Secret Weapon Against Germs. Two new studies shed light on why young children are simultaneously vulnerable and resilient to pathogens. Every parent knows …

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Columbia Discoveries That Could Make 2020 Your Healthiest …

WEBHealth & Medicine Columbia Discoveries That Could Make 2020 Your Healthiest Year Yet Jan. 03, 2020 Office of University Life Choose down dogs for up moods

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Can Computers Predict who Develops Mental Illness

WEBalready shown signs of serious emotional distress, erratic behavior, or paranoia. “About 20 percent of these young people will eventually develop full-blown

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How Columbia’s ICAP Has Revolutionized the Fight for Global Health

WEBAn ICAP-supported program in Cameroon. Twenty years ago, at the height of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, a team of Columbia public-health researchers led by Wafaa El-Sadr …

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4 Telemedicine Companies for Mental Health and More

WEBValera Health, cofounded in 2015 by physician and entrepreneur Thomas Tsang ’02PH, treats patients suffering from anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and …

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A Doctor's Living Legacy

WEBPolk spent the latter part of her career as director of ambulatory care, and from 1988 to 1994 was the chair of the hospital’s cultural-affairs committee, where she

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How COVID-19 Exposed the Ugliness of Health Injustice

WEBWith African-Americans and Latinos being uninsured at high rates — and being hit hard by COVID-19 — Vasan is calling for direct intervention. “We need to deploy critical tools — …

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A Milestone for Health Care in Burundi Columbia Magazine

WEBA Milestone for Health Care in Burundi. A refugee once dreamed of opening a hospital. This year, his wish will come true. Deogratias Niyizonkiza (Bill Bullard) Burundi, a small …

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Praise for Past Lives Columbia Magazine

WEBCeline Song (MediaPunch Inc. / Alamy) As a debut feature film with a budget of only $12 million, Past Lives is the kind of breakthrough most aspiring filmmakers can only dream …

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Vagelos College Receives $61.7M Grant to Speed Development of …

WEBPavel Bendov. Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has received a $61.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help …

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Uncovering the History of Women in Silent Film Columbia …

WEBFrom 1907 to around 1920, when the movie world was centered in New York and Fort Lee, New Jersey, women held influential positions in every part of the industry. Jane Gaines, …

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Why Vultures Need Our Protection Columbia Magazine

WEBCorinne Kendall (Claire Bracebridge / North Carolina Zoo) Ever since Corinne Kendall ’08GSAS uttered her first word — “dog” — animals have been a constant fixation.. …

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Vampire Weekend Still Haunts Columbia Columbia Magazine

WEBChris Baio, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Tomson. (Michael Schmelling) It’s hard to believe that sixteen years have passed since Vampire Weekend released its first album, …

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Scientists Go Bananas Over Baby Galaxies Columbia Magazine

WEBScientists Go Bananas Over Baby Galaxies. Astronomers recently got their first close-up look at the early universe and saw something they were not expecting: fledgling galaxies …

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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

WEBAntonio Guillem. American adults who identify as politically liberal have long reported lower levels of happiness and psychological well-being than conservatives, a trend that mental …

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Public Health Dean Rosenfield to Step Down Columbia Magazine

WEBAllan Rosenfield, dean of the Mailman School of Public Health since 1986, has asked the University to begin a search for a new dean. Although suffering from amyotrophic lateral …

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Disney ‘Imagineer’ Lanny Smoot’s Lightsaber Moment

WEBDisney. With over a hundred patents and counting, Lanny Smoot ’77SEAS, ’78SEAS is among the Walt Disney Company’s most prolific inventors.His most …

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