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

For those of us who winced every time a water-logged leather ball struck our heads during soccer practice, it’s perhaps no surprise that frequent heading of the ball has been linked to cognitive ...

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 ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Using a new artificial intelligence method, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons can accurately predict the activity of genes within any human cell, ...

Columbia researchers have engineered probiotic bacteria that educate the immune system to destroy cancer cells, opening the door for a new class of cancer vaccines that take advantage of bacteria’s ...

On Aug. 20, the 140 members of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) Class of 2025 were welcomed into the profession of medicine at the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony. For the ...

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 ...

A new study finds that mitochondria in our brain cells frequently fling their DNA into the cells' nucleus, where the mitochondrial DNA integrates into chromosomes, possibly causing harm.

Any time is a good time to take control of your financial well-being. On Tuesday, June 25, at noon, CU Thrive will host a financial wellness event for employees. Columbia experts will tackle topics ...

Columbia neuroscientists have identified a genetic mutation that fends off Alzheimer's in people at high risk and could lead to a new way to protect people from the disease.