Dr. Herbert Pardes, a psychiatrist and a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, brought order to the merger of two major medical centers that became NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Ever since Type A personality was linked to cardiovascular disease in the 1950s, it’s been known that anger raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. Now a Columbia study may explain how.
Columbia neuroscientists found that the mouse brain can direct the body's immune system to an unexpected degree, a discovery that could lead to new therapies for many immune disorders.
Editor's Note: This article appeared on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on May 9, 2024 with the headline "Finding a Drug to Keep Weight Off Is Next Goal".
High school students who participated in a new community health education program created by a Columbia medical student celebrated their accomplishments at a graduation event.
A new study reveals how bone marrow stem cell niche generation is regulated, which could lead to improvements in stem cell transplantation for the treatment of blood diseases.
“This has potential for human health, where we can understand better how to make cell replacement therapies,” said Kristin Baldwin, an author of the study and a neuroscientist at Columbia University.
