Health

Recent health and wellness news from across Columbia.

Their new method extracts high-quality information from small amounts of frozen tumor tissue.

Supplements have no proven benefit for healthy people who have even a remotely balanced diet.

28.6% of students with asthma reported bullying victimization due to their asthma.

A nerve stimulation therapy is showing promise in animal studies and may eventually help people.

Indira Turney, an associate research scientist at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, is studying how brains age in diverse populations.

Researchers at Columbia have identified a new method of inhibiting unhealthy fat cell storage.

To commemorate World AIDS Day, a School of Social Work professor reflects on her HIV/AIDS research with vulnerable groups in Central Asia.

Tremendous achievements have been made in the global HIV/AIDS response, yet obstacles remain.

An increase in the number of male nurses is dispelling stereotypes and breaking expectations.

A new study shows that an implantable pump can safely and effectively bypass the blood-brain barrier to deliver cancer drugs to the brain.
 

Columbia researchers also found that 22% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older have mild cognitive impairment.

Christopher Ahmad, chief of sports medicine at Columbia and head team physician for the New York Yankees, answers questions about his work.