Health

Recent health and wellness news from across Columbia.

Our industrialized food system is harming our health and warming the planet. Columbia experts weigh in on solutions.

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team.

A Health Promotion Appointment is your helpful portal to finding health, care, and community on campus—and off. 

A Columbia researcher is developing a therapy that draws insight from a mutation that makes people impervious to viral diseases.

New findings demonstrate that neuron rejuvenation therapy has real potential for treating the neurodegenerative disease.

A study found that unlicensed retailers are less likely to follow state regulations and sell more unregulated products. 

An engineer and a physician are working together on a new approach using focused ultrasound to treat dozens of brain diseases.

New AI-based screening tools could help people who are falling through the cracks.

A new study indicates that interventions that focus on addictive screen use may hold promise as a prevention approach.

11 Columbia-led research breakthroughs you should know in 2025.

The system addresses a problem that has slowed the development of gene therapies.

The research draws on data from a man who exposed himself to the venom of some of the most lethal snakes.