Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, chair of psychiatry at Columbia University, added that while all countries deal with mentally ill populations, few of them have access to guns like those in the U.S.
A steady supply of its favorite food helps a deadly bacterium thrive in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, according to a new study by Columbia researchers.
Dr. Anne Davis, an obstetrician-gynecologist at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, agrees that supporting patients during IUD placement can help them cope.
Margaret Morgan Lawrence, MD’40, the first African American woman psychoanalyst, developed some of the first child therapy programs in schools, day care centers, and hospitals in New York.
By participating in one of the world’s largest genetic studies, New Yorkers will help bring precision medicine to their communities, Columbia’s David Goldstein explains.
With several targeted Parkinson’s disease drugs entering clinical trials, a new genetic testing and counseling program may help identify patients who qualify for enrollment.
"The increase in emphysema we observed was relatively large," said Dr. R. Graham Barr, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University and a senior author of the paper.
“The things you can vary are, where do you go and when do you go,” said Darby Jack, an associate professor of environmental health at the Mailman School of Public Health.
