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Review questions link between methamphetamine and cognitive impairment
(Medical Xpress) -- A review of recent research on methamphetamine use suggests that claims the drug causes significant cognitive problems are exaggerated. The study by Carl Hart, PhD, and colleagues at Columbia ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Biomarkers identify acute kidney injury in emergency patients
Acute kidney injury (AKI) has severe consequences, with a 25 to 80 percent risk of in-hospital death. Researchers have found a way to diagnose AKI using a urine test, enabling emergency departments to identify these high-risk ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 09, 2012 |
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A penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages keeps the doctor away and saves money
Over the past 10 years, Americans drank more sugar-sweetened beverages than ever—as much as 13 billion gallons a year—making these drinks the largest source of added sugar and excess calories in the American diet ...
Health
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Migration at a young age is associated with increased risk of psychotic disorders
Recent research has found striking links between psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and certain types of international immigration. Now for the first time, a major study has found that immigrating in early childhood ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2012 |
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More than other drugs, injected meth is associated with an increased risk of attempted suicide
The dire physical and mental health effects of injecting methamphetamine are well known, but there's been little research about suicidal behavior and injecting meth. In a recent study, researchers at Columbia University's ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Same-sex marriage laws reduce doctor visits and health care costs for gay men
Gay men are able to lead healthier, less stress-filled lives when states offer legal protections to same-sex couples, according to a new study examining the effects of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. ...
Health
Dec 15, 2011 |
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New technique diagnoses non-periodic arrhythmias in a single heartbeat
Thanks to a new study from Columbia Engineering School, doctors may now be able to diagnose in their offices non-periodic arrhythmias—noninvasively and at low cost—within a single heartbeat. Non-periodic arrhythmias ...
Medical research
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Colon cancer screening campaign erases racial, gender gaps in use of colonoscopy
Since the 1970s, U.S. mortality rates due to colorectal cancer have declined overall, yet among blacks and Hispanics, the death rates rose. Evidence suggests that underuse of colonoscopy screening among these groups is one ...
Cancer
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Groundbreaking study quantifies health costs of climate-change related disasters in the US
Health costs exceeding $14 billion dollars, 21,000 emergency room visits, nearly 1,700 deaths, and 9,000 hospitalizations are among the staggering impacts of six climate change-related events in the United States during the ...
Health
Nov 09, 2011 |
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First Ebola-like virus native to Europe discovered
A team of international researchers has discovered a new Ebola-like virus – Lloviu virus -- in bats from northern Spain. Lloviu virus is the first known filovirus native to Europe, they report in a study published in ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 21, 2011 |
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For patients with both HIV and tuberculosis the timing of drug therapies is critical
In sub-Saharan Africa, tuberculosis is the disease that most often brings people with HIV into the clinic for treatment. Infection with both diseases is so common that in South Africa, for instance, 70% of tuberculosis patients ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Expanding HIV treatment for couples could significantly reduce global HIV epidemic
A new study uses a mathematical model to predict the potential impact of expanding treatment to discordant couples on controlling the global HIV epidemic-- in these couples one partner has HIV infection and the other does ...
HIV & AIDS
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Marijuana use may double the risk of accidents for drivers
Over 10 million people age 12 or older are estimated to have driven under the influence of illicit drugs in the prior year, according to a 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. While marijuana is the most commonly ...
Health
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Engineers use short ultrasound pulses to reach neurons through blood-brain barrier
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a new technique to reach neurons through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and deliver drugs safely and noninvasively. Up until now, scientists have thought that long ultrasound ...
Medical research
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Children with autism and gastrointestinal symptoms have altered digestive genes
Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and at the Harvard Medical School report that children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances have ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 17, 2011 |
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