Even occasional cannabis use is linked to worse school performance and emotional distress for teens, finds a new study led by Columbia University.

Pediatric oncologist Stergios Zacharoulis and biomedical engineer Elisa Konofagou are pioneering the use of focused ultrasound to treat brain cancer in children and dozens of other brain diseases.

Rising rates of uterine cancer. The Columbia University Uterine Cancer Model predicts uterine cancer rates will continue to rise in the next 25 years for both Black (left) and white (right) women. The ...

A Columbia study addresses a key challenge in the diagnosis of rare genetic disorders.

At the same time, the team is continuing to make improvements, including changes to other evoCAST components, to further improve editing efficiencies. But one of the biggest challenges right now for ...

The team then determined the mitochondrial density and energy transformation capacity within each cube—roughly the size of a large grain of sand—yielding an energy map of the entire slice.

Just five minutes of walking every half hour offsets harmful effects of prolonged sitting, a Columbia University study has found.

Columbia researchers have found that women born in the most sexist U.S. states experience faster memory decline in later life compared to women born in the least sexist states.

Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by ...

Find short-term housing options and interview accommodations for VP&S students and guests at CUIMC, including local listings and helpful resources.

Surgical sterilization rates among women increased in the United States after a 2022 Supreme Court ruling (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health) overturned the constitutional right to abortion, found ...

Analysis of 1.6 million brain cells from older adults has captured the cellular changes that occur in Alzheimer’s early stages, revealing potential new targets and routes for prevention.