Kids who develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be the victims of a triple-whammy stroke of bad luck, according to a
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Study examines the rise of plaque in arteries
The accumulation of cholesterol plaques in artery walls can lead to atherosclerosis, or the hardening of arteries that contributes to
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Maternal mental health problems – the impact in numbers
As many as one in five women develop a mental health problem during pregnancy or in the first year after
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Cell damage caused by the pesticide DDT is palliated
Since it was first synthesized almost 150 years ago, the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, has been widely used
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The Simple Strategy That Helped This Instagram Star Shed 83 Pounds
I never worried much about my weight until it almost made me flunk out of college. As a sophomore, I
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This Woman Celebrated Her 135-Pound Weight Loss by Posing in the Same Dress Two Years Later
“Same dress, 135 pound difference.” That’s how 24-year-old Laura Morgan began the caption of a dramatic before-and-after selfie she posted this
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Abortion bans around the world
The focus this week of a referendum in Ireland and a supreme court challenge in South Korea, abortion is still
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Could we predict the next Ebola outbreak by tracking the migratory patterns of bats?
Javier Buceta, associate professor of bioengineering, Paolo Bocchini, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and postdoctoral student Graziano Fiorillo
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Study predicts most people with earliest Alzheimer’s signs won’t develop dementia associated with the disease
During the past decade, researchers have identified new ways to detect the earliest biological signs of Alzheimer’s disease. These early
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Pregnancy drug DES might have triggered ADHD in the grandchildren of women who used it
A study conducted by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
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