Azra Raza, an oncologist at Columbia University, vividly illustrates this tug-of-war in her book “The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last.”
A new study has identified markers of maternal stress—both physical and psychological—that may influence a baby’s sex and the likelihood of preterm birth.
"The womb is an influential first home, as important as the one a child is raised in," study leader Catherine Monk, from the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said in a statement.
Lisa Kachnic, MD, the new chair of radiation oncology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, has helped pioneer techniques that deliver radiation therapy to cancer patients with more precision.
A drug can restore working memory in adult mice that have a gene that causes schizophrenia, challenging the belief that memory issues in people with schizophrenia cannot be repaired.
Study co-author Dr. Elizabeth Oelsner, an internist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, says the finding should dissuade people from taking up any amount of smoking.
A new study shows that smoking even a few cigarettes a day is harmful to lungs and that former smokers continue to lose lung function at a faster rate than never-smokers for decades after quitting.
“On a year to year basis, the safety and effectiveness of fertility treatments are just getting better,” says S. Zev Williams, MD, PhD, at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
The latest study “really did not come up with anything new,” said Dr. David Seres, director of medical nutrition at Columbia University, who wasn’t involved with the study.
