Editor's Note: W. Ian Lipkin, the author of this opinion essay, is director of the Center of Infection and Immunity at the Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Sander Markx, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, said the center will allow Columbia to scale up its efforts to characterize disease mechanisms that trigger illness.
The center will catalyze the scientific innovation and clinical implementation of precision medicine to advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.
With the help of a Columbia neurologist, a support group of Black Parkinson's patients has created a book for Black patients and their families written by the true experts: themselves.
Columbia Nursing researchers are using AI analysis of voice recordings to find a quick, inexpensive way to screen home care patients for early dementia.
Arsenic is found in many dietary sources, but a new study suggests that water from some private and public supplies is a major source for many Americans.
Amid controversy surrounding gas stoves, the news media turned to a Columbia environmental scientist for insights into the health risks of cooking with fire.
Beyond that, doctors often suggest avoiding certain foods and drinks that seemingly trigger a hot flash, said Dr. Hoosna Haque, an OB-GYN at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“During Covid, a lot of published data showed increases in eating disorders both inpatient and some outpatient as well,” Joanna Steinglass of the Eating Disorders Research Clinic at Columbia told me.
Columbia neurologists are investigating a set of blood tests that, used in combination with memory tests, may help physicians correctly diagnose Alzheimer disease in low-resource environments.
