Watching how the health care team at Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian cared for her baby daughter until her death inspired Emily Estrella to become a nurse.
Congestion can also create a lot of pressure in the upper airways that can make you tired, said Dr. Joyce Yu, a pediatric allergist and immunologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“Almost all SUID deaths have at least one unsafe sleep risk factor. More than 95% of them,” said Rebecca Carlin, a pediatrician at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins have the potential to reduce heart disease in people with obstructive sleep apnea regardless of CPAP use, suggests a new study from Columbia University.
“We can and should use nursing assessment data from our health records in novel ways,” says Sarah C. Rossetti, associate professor of biomedical informatics and nursing at Columbia University.
Iok In Christine Chio, PhD, and Oliver Clarke, PhD, early-career investigators at VP&S, are 2023 recipients of prestigious awards from the Irma T. Hirschl Trust Research Scientist Program.
Columbia’s researchers have opened a trial of a noninvasive, focused ultrasound approach to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling higher concentrations of an effective drug to enter the brain.
Most people do not develop a tolerance to prescribed stimulant medications, and many stay on the same, stable dose for years, said Dr. Frances Levin, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University.
