Medical professionals call high blood pressure—also known as hypertension—the silent killer because it can go undetected for a long period of time and leads to death. Most people who have high blood pressure do not have ...
May 9, 2023
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A Columbia University study has found that teens who use cannabis recreationally are two to four times as likely to develop psychiatric disorders, such as depression and suicidality, than teens who don't use cannabis at all.
May 8, 2023
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A study of more than 2,200 adults who attended U.S. high schools in the early 1960s found that those who attended higher quality schools had better cognitive function 60 years later.
May 2, 2023
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Parkinson's is currently the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the United States—1 million people have it; 90,000 more are diagnosed every year. And it's working its way to No. 1. Yet few know Parkinson's ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Columbia researchers have found that babies born to moms who had mild or asymptomatic COVID during pregnancy are normal, based on results from a comprehensive assessment of brain development.
Apr 10, 2023
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Weight loss has always been a hot topic in the media, and now, with the rise in popularity of a class of drugs that induce weight loss, it's more controversial than ever. These drugs, including Ozempic, which is approved ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Columbia researchers have discovered how a genetic defect leads to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a critical piece of information about the disease that neurologists have been seeking for decades.
Mar 22, 2023
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Food FARMacias could be one part of the solution to the nation's growing food insecurity problem, according to a new study by pediatricians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Mar 20, 2023
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A new study by Columbia University researchers suggests that cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins have the potential to reduce heart disease in people with obstructive sleep apnea, regardless of the use of CPAP machines ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Combining discoveries in cancer immunology with sophisticated genetic engineering, Columbia University researchers have created a sort of "bacterial suicide squad" that targets tumors, attracting the host's own immune cells ...
Mar 8, 2023
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