“This study shows that the young adult stage is a window of opportunity for early prevention,” said the lead author, Yiyi Zhang, a research scientist at Columbia University.
Columbia University biomedical scientists are part of an ambitious worldwide project to identify and map all the cells in the human body, with a special focus on the spinal cord.
Editor’s Note: Siddhartha Mukherjee is an associate professor of medicine whose first book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, won a Pulitzer Prize.
“There’s no question that this is an extremely important study,” says Evelyn Attia, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, who was not involved in the work.
Among teens treated in an emergency department for drug-related symptoms, nearly 20% who used Spice, K2, or other synthetic cannabinoids experienced seizures.
Parents given a handout with flu facts at their pediatrician’s office were significantly more likely to get their kids vaccinated before the end of flu season, Columbia pediatricians have found.
