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Racial discrimination and bias are painful realities and increasingly recognized as detrimental to the health of adults and children.
Dec 8, 2023
A new study that examines both the physical and socioeconomic effects of sea-level rise on Florida’s Miami-Dade County area finds that in coming decades, four out of five residents may face disruption or displacement, whether they live in flood zones or not.
Oct 16, 2023
Hospital visits from alcohol- and substance-related disorders are driven by elevated temperatures and could be further affected by rising temperatures due to…
Sep 26, 2023
Research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users…
Aug 30, 2023
Columbia researchers have identified brain injuries that may underlie hidden consciousness, a puzzling phenomenon in which brain-injured patients are unable to respond to simple commands, making them appear unconscious despite having some level of awareness.
Aug 15, 2023
New research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examined changes in binge drinking after the implementation of recreational cannabis laws.
Jun 15, 2023
Researchers are coming to understand that the best performing materials in sustainable energy applications, such as converting sunlight or waste heat to electricity, often use collective fluctuations of clusters of atoms within a much larger structure.
Mar 8, 2023
A new study finds that signs of covert consciousness--subtle brainwaves detectable with EEG--are the strongest predictor of eventual recovery for brain-injured patients who otherwise appear completely unresponsive.
Jul 14, 2022
Many of us know the conventional theory of how the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago: in Earth’s fiery collision with a meteorite, and a following global winter as dust and debris choked the atmosphere.
Jul 3, 2022
Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues evaluated whether dietary fiber intake was associated with a decrease in inflammation in older adults and if fiber was inversely related to cardiovascular disease.
Apr 7, 2022
