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Pediatrics

Developing a New Tool to Detect a Frequently Missed Sex Chromosome Disorder in Boys

Klinefelter syndrome is the most common disorder of the male sex chromosomes, yet is rarely diagnosed in children. A new assessment tool is being developed by researchers at Columbia to help pediatricians detect the physical traits of the syndrome.

Surgery

Stories of Hope: Tammie Feldman

For patients with chronic pancreatitis, a rare treatment called auto islet transplantation offers hope.

Neurology • Research

Biogen, the ALS Association, and Columbia Collaborate to Drive Understanding of Genetic Influence in ALS

Biogen, the ALS Association, and Columbia University Medical Center have announced a new collaboration to better understand the differences and commonalities in the ALS disease process and how genes influence the clinical features of the disease.

Public Health

New Study Finds Anxiety and Depression Rates Vary by Social Class

A Mailman School of Public Health study finds that people toward the middle of social hierarchies suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety based on their social class and position of power in the labor market compared to those at the top or bottom.

Nutrition

Program Helps Integrate Nutrition Into Health Care Practice

This innovative nutrition program for health care professionals is accepting applicants for September. The medical nutrition program trains health professionals to integrate nutrition into their practice, using behavior counseling approaches based in biochemistry and clinical nutrition.

Public Health

Dentists Tapped for New Role: Drug Screenings

A Mailman School of Public Health study looked at the role of dentists in screening for substance use disorders. While many view the dental visit as as an opportunity to identify drug misuse, others do not see it as part of their professional role.

Atherosclerosis

Depression, Stress, Anxiety, and Anger Compound Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in RA Patients

Columbia researcher Jon Giles has published research showing a link between atherosclerosis and depressive symptoms, stress, anxiety, anger, and lack of social support in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Campus News

2015 White Coat Ceremony

P&S faculty cloaked students in the P&S Class of 2019 at Columbia's 23rd White Coat ceremony this week.

Nursing

Establishing Twitter as a Public Health Tool

Columbia Nursing research shows how recent use of Twitter has revealed its value as a tool for public health officials.

Uncategorized

Nursing Narratives Help Students Reflect on Patient Interactions

To help nursing students remember that they pursued nursing to take care of humans, not diseases, a nursing faculty member assigns narrative writing assignments to help them reflect on their interactions with patients.