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A new study reveals how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria adopt a different diet when colonizing the lungs, suggesting a new treatment strategy for these often dangerous staph infections.
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A study of people with obstructive sleep apnea suggests that high CPAP pressures may explain why the machines do not lower a patient’s risk of heart disease.
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Public health researchers find that asthma is more common among U.S. individuals who reported cannabis use in the previous month, and the more frequent the use, the higher the likelihood of asthma.
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The diminished power of the immune system in older adults is usually blamed on the aging process. A new study shows that decades of inhaled particulates due to air pollution also take a toll.
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- October 26, 2016
New York City children who engaged in vigorous daily exercise had greater exposure to black carbon than children who were less active, according to Columbia researchers.
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- May 11, 2016
Smokers with respiratory symptoms in the absence of a COPD diagnosis may need more treatment than previously thought, a new study suggests.
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- January 6, 2016
A new study has revealed that cholesterol-lowering statins may help reverse the mechanisms that increase the risk of heart disease in people with sleep apnea.
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- September 18, 2015
Dr. Naiyer Rizvi, director of thoracic oncology at CUMC, offers updates on immune checkpoint inhibitors in certain forms of lung cancers.
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- September 3, 2015
Columbia engineers and P&S researchers have developed a way to deliver drugs that may provide more effective treatments for many lung diseases.
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- April 16, 2015
In Columbia's biomedical engineering department, engineers and physicians work together to solve problems and improve health care.
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- March 19, 2015
Four P&S physicians—Joy Vink, Nasir Naqvi, Max O'Donnell, and Sameer Sheth—have been named 2015 Gerstner Scholars.
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- November 19, 2014
Precision medicine for lung cancer is now allowing some patients to live for years with advanced disease, and better therapies are in the works.
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- May 22, 2014
In clinical trials, two new drugs slowed the loss of lung function in patients with a fatal lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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- February 12, 2014
CUMC researchers have found direct evidence of a link between prenatal vitamin A deficiency and postnatal airway hyperresponsiveness, a hallmark of asthma.
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