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Columbia University Medical Center Newsroom
December 28 2005
Reuters: Herpes in pregnancy may raise HIV risk for baby
December 29 2005
Chicago Tribune (login required): Storm Sweeps Away Health Insurance
December 28 2005
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Genetic Test Can Detect Heart Transplant Rejection
December 23 2005
Wall Street Journal (login required): Toxic Traces: New Questions About Old Chemicals
December 27 2005
New York Times (login required): Danger to Kidneys May Lurk in Some Preparations for Colonoscopies
December 26 2005
CBS News.com: Tell-Tale Signs of Sinusitis
December 24 2005
Chicago Tribune: Web readings of mammograms may widen
December 27 2005
Associated Press/Forbes.com: NY Hospitals To Get Radiation Devices
December 21 2005
Montreal Gazette: Bright Idea For Beating Blahs
Nature.com (login required): Photons Learn To Crawl
CBS/The Early Show: Demystifying Menopause
The Guardian (UK): Mystery of the Munchies Solved
Associated Press/Business Week.com: Competitive Tech Licenses Test To Genzyme
December 22 2005
Health Day News/Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Marijuana Munchies Hold Weight Loss Clues
December 24 2005
New York Times (login required): Doctors' Delicate Balance In Keeping Hopes Alive
December 23 2005
Knight-Ridder News Service/Charlotte Observer: Science tries to find secrets of teen brains
December 16 2005
BBC News: Surgery goes live on the net
December 15 2005
Associated Press/CBS News: Probe May Widen in Stem Cell Fraud Case
December 16 2005
Associated Press/CBS News: Scientist Regrets Stem Cell Controversy
December 15 2005
Associated Press/USA Today: CDC recommends new blood test for TB
December 19 2005
Boston Globe: Sick and tired at work
December 17 2005
Los Angeles Times: Refiguring the Iraqi body count
December 18 2005
Newark Star-Ledger: Beating the Odds
WCBS-TV.com: Small study reveals possible weight loss secret
December 20 2005
Newsday: More teens clean, survey finds
December 19 2005
WNBC-TV.com: Patient Simulators Are No Dummies
December 18 2005
San Francisco Chronicle: Walking the World
December 19 2005
Business Week: Treat Your Children Well, But Limit Their Inheritance
December 9 2005
New York Sun: Hospital Plans To Expand Are Approved
December 13 2005
New York Times (login required): Enduring and Endearing, a Patient Moves In
New York Times (login required): Women Dress for Comfort in the Heat of the Night
December 9 2005
Wall Street Journal (login required): Intestinal Illness Belatedly Gains Notice
December 12 2005
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Katrina Leaves Widespread Depression in Her Wake
December 11 2005
United Press International: Most middle-aged men informed on health
December 14 2005
New York Times (login required): E.P.A. to Clean Apartments Despite Objections to Plan
Associated Press/WNBC-TV.com: EPA Goes Ahead With Plan To Test Apartments For WTC Dust
WNYC Radio: Advisors Deride 9-11 Clean-up Plan
December 10 2005
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Science tries to find secrets of teen brains
December 9 2005
Wall Street Journal: Belatedly, an Illness Of the Intestines Gets Notice in the U.S.
Wall Street Journal: Not So Special
December 6 2005
The Daily Mail (UK): Olive oil pill can cut prostate cancer risk
Reuters: Botox injections show promise for 'tennis elbow'
December 7 2005
Associated Press: Owner's guide for the human body gains large fan base
CBS News/The Early Show: Getting High On Shopping
December 6 2005
Newsday: Sleepless in Anytown, USA
New York Times (login required): Better Bananas, Nicer Mosquitoes
New York Sun (login required): City To Examine Evacuation Plans for 'Slosh Zones'
December 5 2005
Bloomberg News: Children's Weight Linked to Mother's Status Before Pregnancy
Bloomberg News: Bird Flu Threat Prompts Stockpiling of Roche's Tamiflu Pills
Knight-Ridder News Service/Philadelphia Inquirer: Sickness after the storm
Health Day News/ABC News: Marital Squabbles Can Harm Your Health
December 6 2005
New York Times (login required): Fat Hormone May Trick the Body to Help It Keep Extra Pounds Off
November 29 2005
Associated Press/CBS News: Research: Expectations Can Help Healing
December 1 2005
New Orleans Times-Picayune: Buses to deliver medical services
New York Sun: New York-Presbyterian Plans Two $400M Construction Projects
November 30 2005
Knight-Ridder Newspapers: Health problems abound months after Katrina roared ashore
New York Times (login required): Making The Most of a Brief Office Visit
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Cold comfort: Alternative remedies do booming business, but do they really help?
November 29 2005
Health Day News/ABC News: Mammograms Move To The Web
November 28 2005
Newark Star-Ledger: These lab mice sneer at danger
ABC News: Tackling AIDS One Person at a Time
November 27 2005
USA Today: The body's art and soul: Book pictures heart's beauty
November 29 2005
Associated Press/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The placebo effect may be good medicine
November 30 2005
Reuters/ABC News: Alzheimer's patients get less breast cancer therapy
National Geographic News: Without Gene, Timid Mice Turn Into Daredevils
November 23 2005
Wall Street Journal (login required): New Wave: In a Stroke Patient, Doctor Sees Power Of Brain to Recover
Los Angeles Times: Study Suggests Antidepressant May Help Treat Meth Addiction
November 22 2005
Newsday: Untreated depression in kids is a risk factor
November 21 2005
NY1: New Screening Test May Help Detect Birth Defects Earlier In Pregnancy
November 19 2005
United Press International: Brain protein linked to the emotion fear
November 22 2005
New York Times (login required): Premature Births Increase Along With C-Sections
November 21 2005
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (login required): Real Food, Real Results
November 17 2005
WABC-TV: A Special Chocolate Good For Your Heart?
Washington Post: Climate Shift Tied To 150,000 Fatalities
November 15 2005
NY1: Doctors Say Many Migraine Sufferers Are Being Misdiagnosed
ABC News: Getting to the Bottom of Suicide Risk and Antidepressants
November 18 2005
New York Jewish Week: Energy Policy
November 22 2005
New York Times (login required): This Is Your Brain Under Hypnosis
November 16 2005
New York Daily News: Does Prayer Heal?
November 10 2005
Time.com: Dogged Pursuit
November 14 2005
New York Times (login required): When One Tragedy Gets More Sympathy Than Another
November 15 2005
New York Times (login required): McQueen's Legacy of Laetrile
November 9 2005
Boston Globe/International Herald Tribune: Some 32,000 genes to go in squid research project
November 10 2005
Wall Street Journal (login required): Early Down-Syndrome Test Tops Some Later-Term Blood Analyses
November 9 2005
United Press International: Zyflamend effective in prostate cancer
November 10 2005
USA Today: Study: Early screening works
Los Angeles Times/Newsday: Down Syndrome Seen Earlier With New Test
November 9 2005
US News & World Report: The thrill is gone
November 8 2005
New York Daily News: Does this explain that crazy lady in Apt. 5B?
MSNBC: New ammunition against bird flu in the works
New York Times: Study Faults Follow-Up for Cancer Patients
November 7 2005
Newsday: A Major Research Move
November 6 2005
New York Daily News: Gift kidney is 'working perfectly'
November 5 2005
National Public Radio: Prenatal Care Behind Bars
November 2 2005
New York Times (login required): Aetna to Pay for Program to Manage Depression
ABC News: Pandemic Is Inevitable, Govt. Officials Say
Reuters/ABC News: U.S. details bird flu plan to Congress and world
Bloomberg News/Detroit Free Press: Same-day tests, treatment cut cervical cancer
AP/Miami Herald: Studies: Test for cervical cancer, treat quickly
New York Daily News: Kids with Adult Diseases
November 3 2005
Forbes.com: Don't Stress Your Heart Out
November 1 2005
CNN/Time.com: Experts: Bush plan good but resources lacking
United Press International: New cervical cancer methods developed
USA Today: Scientists debate Bush's plan
ABC News: Bush Says Billions Needed to Prepare for Bird Flu
November 2 2005
Newsday: The Allergic Epicure
November 1 2005
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Screen-And-Treat Approach Cuts Cervical Cancer Deaths
November 2 2005
New York Times (login required): 2 New Approaches May Reduce Cervical Cancer Deaths for Poor
October 31 2005
AP/Fox News: Tiny Razor Latest Technique for Clearing Clogged Leg Arteries
Reuters/ABC News: Fatigue, pain often accompany chronic Lyme disease
November 1 2005
Reuters/ABC News: Glaxo hires key scientists to boost imaging work
Wall Street Journal (login required): A Pragmatic Approach for Troubled Kids
New York Times (login required): Sometimes, Your Nails Can Bite You Back
New York Times (login required): The Computer Will See You Now (Feel Better?)
October 30 2005
USA Today: Fake heart gives real heart a rest
October 29 2005
New York Times: Good Smell Vanishes, But It Leaves Air of Mystery
October 27 2005
WNBC-TV: Prep Your Kids for the Dentist
October 21 2005
Boston Globe: Doctors study risk of clots in new stents
Wall Street Journal (login required): Some Doctors See Clot Risk in Stent Patients
October 24 2005
Barron's: Boston Scientific Heads to the Recovery Room
Boston Globe: Poised for Flight
October 25 2005
New York Times (login required): Potential Conflicts Cited in Process for New Drugs
October 17 2005
USA Today: Aronne Gives Tale of the Tape on Obesity
October 24 2005
New York Magazine: Heartless
October 19 2005
Wall Street Journal (login required): Tables Turn on Building Immunity
October 18 2005
ABC News: Can Dolphins Stimulate Brain Growth in Babies?
New York Times (login required): EDITORIAL: Wrong Solution for the Uninsured
New York Times (login required): Can Brain Scans See Depression?
October 13 2005
Washington Times: Serving up a side of conversation
October 9 2005
New York Daily News: Can gov't handle huge flu disaster?
October 7 2005
Wall Street Journal (login required): Heart Risk Is Seen in Class of Drugs
October 8 2005
New York Daily News: New York's $1 abort pill - a dose of danger
October 10 2005
Newsweek: PERISCOPE: Evacuations – The 'Contraflow' Effect
October 9 2005
Health Day News/ABC News: US Not Ready to Handle Massive Flu Outbreak: Report
October 10 2005
WebMD: Depression, Epilepsy, and Suicide May Be Linked
October 9 2005
Washington Post: Scientists Finding Out What Losing Sleep Does to a Body
October 17 2005
Newsweek: The Race Against Avian Flu
October 7 2005
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Mental Illness Behind Self-Harm Often Undiagnosed
New York Times (login required): Officials May Spend Billions to Stockpile Influenza Drug
Associated Press/Newsday: Study: 9/11 Dust Causing Health Problems
October 10 2005
Wall Street Journal/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: New drugs aim to improve the treatment of high blood pressure
October 7 2005
WNYC "Leonard Lopate Show": Please Explain: Viruses and Vaccines
October 6 2005
Washington Post: Maryland attorney general targets prescription drug abuse
Dallas Morning News (login required): Experts: Bird flu plan needs work
October 5 2005
MedPage Today.com: Flu Research Clarifies Secrets of Past Pandemics
Reuters: Elderly diabetics run risk of falling
CNN.com: Bush military bird flu role slammed
October 4 2005
Associated Press/USA Today: Doctors warn about toddlers' diets
October 5 2005
Newsday: A disorder that can turn deadly
October 4 2005
Health Day News/ABC News: Mixed Reviews for Pulmonary Artery Catheters
October 5 2005
New York Times (login required): Fear of Flu Outbreak Rattles Washington
New York Times (login required): New York's Falling Crime Rate Is a Potent Weapon for the Mayor
October 4 2005
Associated Press/Boston Globe: Bush seeks military option on bird flu
October 3 2005
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Depression Common Among Baby Boomers
Wall Street Journal (login required): A Brother's Survey Touches a Nerve In Abortion Fight
September 30 2005
Time.com: Why New Drugs Don't Live Up to the Hype
Health Day News/Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Elderly Diabetics at Double the Risk of Falling
WebMD/Fox News: Osteoporosis Increasing in Men
New York Times (login required): FDA Orders New Warning on an Attention-Deficit Drug
September 29 2005
Reuters: FDA panel backs Novartis blood disorder drug
October 5 2005
Newsday: Kids' suicide risk might be missed in ERs
September 29 2005
WebMD/Fox News: Doctors Oppose 'Pox Parties', Urge Vaccination
WCBS-TV: The Deadly Game: A New Way Kids Are Getting High
September 27 2005
Salt Lake Tribune: Osteoporosis drug promising
September 28 2005
Seattle Weekly: Miraculous they're not: Study shows newer antipsychotic drugs are little improvement
September 27 2005
Boston Globe: At dinner it's all in the family as ritual helps keep kids safe, builds strong ties
Reuters: Thyroid surgery with local anesthesia possible
Associated Press/Boston Globe: Houstonians rethinking storm preparedness
September 26 2005
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Interview with Irwin Redlener
September 25 2005
New York Times: Cheney Heads Home After Surgery for Aneurysms
Los Angeles Times: A prescribed threat
September 24 2005
New York Times: Evaluating a What-If Case: New York City's Evacuation
September 20 2005
New York Times (login required): Remedy for Sleep Apnea May Lift Veil of Depression
Wall Street Journal (login required): Generic Fares Well in Big Psychiatry Study
Washington Post: New Antipsychotic Drugs Criticized
September 21 2005
Associated Press/ABC News: More Obese Seniors Choose Gastric-Bypass
September 19 2005
NPR: Health concerns as residents return to New Orleans (audio transcript)
September 20 2005
New York Times (login required): Little Difference Found in Schizophrenia Drugs
September 19 2005
Associated Press: Study Finds No Best Schizophrenia Drug
Newsday: A mission to stop suicide
Reuters: Most newer schizophrenia drugs no better - study
September 16 2005
WNYC, National Public Radio: Please Explain: Menopause
September 15 2005
Wall Street Journal (login required): Heart-Attack Patients Do as Well With Drugs As With Invasive Steps
Forbes.com: A Cancer Vaccine's FDA Gambit
September 19 2005
Business Week: The Next Big One
September 11 2005
USA Today: Disaster stays on New Yorkers'' minds
September 13 2005
Health Day News/Forbes.com: Heavy Drinking Boosts Stroke Risk
September 14 2005
WNBC.com/Redbook Magazine: You Are What You Drink
September 13 2005
Health Day News/Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Severe Heart Failure Undertreated: Study
September 12 2005
Newsweek: Critical Condition
September 13 2005
New York Times: Dental Health Getting Worse for Some, Report Says
September 12 2005
Australian Broadcast Corp.: The link between gum disease (periodontitis) and heart disease
September 8 2005
Reuters: Patients'' kin want lobotomy Nobel withdrawn
Boston Globe: Chirac skips a meeting; aides are still quiet on his ailment
September 7 2005
Associated Press: Effects of stress complicate Katrina relief efforts
September 3 2005
Associated Press/Fox News: Pets Left Behind in Wake of Katrina
September 2 2005
Associated Press: Official death toll to take a long time
September 5 2005
test: test
September 2 2005
Hartford Courant: Survivors Face Array Of Hazards
Healthday News: As Floodwaters Level Off, Health Risks Rise
September 1 2005
Forbes.com: The Hospital Versus The Hurricane
August 31 2005
Forbes.com: Katrina’s Impact Is Spreading
September 1 2005
CNN.com: Public health threat looms in coming days
AP/CBS News: Health Threats Grow in New Orleans
AP/Miami Herald: Bush Says Katrina Recovery To Take Years
National Post (Canada): Ergonomics trends passing kids by
August 31 2005
Christian Science Monitor/USA Today: Science plumbs placebo effect
August 26 2005
NPR: New treatment for arthritis, leeches
August 27 2005
NPR: Study links famine, increase in mental illness
August 28 2005
New York Times: Spinal Cement Draws Patients and Questions
August 24 2005
NPR: New Heroin Treatment Raises Questions
Associated Press/USA Today: Study: Anesthesia-based detox dangerous
August 10 2005
CNN: Parents in trenches of autism services
August 23 2005
New York Times: The Other Brain Also Deals With Many Woes
August 24 2005
Reuters/MSNBC: Obese football players face trouble, experts say
August 23 2005
CBS/The Early Show: Sleep Disorders In Older Adults
August 24 2005
Los Angeles Times: A New Look at Fetuses and Pain
August 9 2005
NPR, : Please Explain: crystal methamphetamine
New York Times: Wanted: Workaholics to Become Obstetricians
Newsday: Bird flu vaccine ordered
August 8 2005
Scripps Howard News: Forty years after creation, Medicare faces crisis
August 19 2005
Associated Press: Teens say more drugs available at schools
August 17 2005
Newsday: Heroin-death clusters rare
Washington Post: 9/11 Aftershocks Rupture Virginia Family
Baltimore Sun: Science of tiny generates big developments
August 16 2005
Washington Post: Vowing to Set the World Straight
New York Daily News: Kit makes it womb with a view
August 10 2005
BBC World Service: Snowflake Babies
ABC News: Drug Therapies Combat Advanced Osteoporosis
WNBC-TV: Sci-Fi Treatment Can Help Stroke, Heart Attack Victims
August 4 2005
Newsday: Work Nights?
August 3 2005
Reuters: Altered sense of smell may point to Alzheimer''s
Nature.com: Starving linked to schizophrenia
Voice of America: Possible Cause for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Disorder Linked to Gene
Reuters: Cambodian refugees feel stress decades later-study
August 2 2005
Health Day News: Schizophrenia drug can curb loss of brain cells
August 1 2005
Associated Press: Parkinson''s-afflicted mice injected with speed got better
August 2 2005
Business Week: BW 50: In A Bind Over Stents
New York Times: Rescued From Dustbin, Paper Medical Record Tells Its Tale
Health Day News: Mediterranean diet allows longer lives for seniors, research shows
August 1 2005
Newsday: Opening a closing door
USA Today: Nation unready for germ attacks
July 26 2005
Associated Press: ''Spanish Flu'' may have paid early visit to NYC
Los Angeles Times: A silent enemy out there
Salt Lake Tribune: Adderall abuse part of broader nationwide trend
WNYC, National Public Radio, Leonard Lopate Show: Please Explain: Eyes
Associated Press: New York proposes tracking diabetes
Dallas Morning News: Gap in immigrant health care noted
July 21 2005
New York Times: My Voice Has Got to Go
July 19 2005
Sciencentral News: Blindness Gene
New York Daily News: Time to Ante Up for Health Care
USA Today: Who''s fighting cancer in kids?
Associated Press: Zanzibar begins distributing free anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-infected
July 18 2005
Associated Press: Birth-Control Patch May Pose Health Risk
New York Sun: Easing The Pain
New York Times: Belated Charge Ignites Furor Over AIDS Drug Trial
July 15 2005
PBS, Journal Editorial Report: Medical Wild Cards
July 11 2005
The Health Report: Intergenerational Depression/Interpersonal Psychotherapy
July 8 2005
Gannett News: Skin of color can be very sensitive, so treat it carefully
Washington Post: Study shows legal drugs often abused
New York Daily News: Presby hosp NYC''s best
July 7 2005
WebMD: Treating Depression in Heart Attack Survivors
Newsday: Abstinence-only approach not enough
Reuters: Prescription drug abusers top 15 million- study
Associated Press: Study: Doctors Limited in Rx Training
Newsday: Abstinence-only approach not enough
July 6 2005
Los Angeles Times: Acupuncture for fertility: Doctors say, 'Why not?'
July 4 2005
Los Angeles Times: Acupuncture for fertility: Doctors say, ''''Why not?''''
July 2 2005
Forbes: This Holiday Weekend, Leave Fireworks to the Pros
July 6 2005
Associated Press: Rutgers To Lead Project To Learn Protein Structures, Functions
July 4 2005
Los Angeles Times: For many doctors, beliefs influence their practices
July 5 2005
New York Times: Straight, Gay or Lying? Bisexuality Revisited
July 1 2005
WebMD: Weight Loss Surgery May Help Obese Seniors
July 5 2005
Hartford Courant: In body and soul, we are solar powered
Newsday: A painful coincidence
Forbes: Antidepressants May Improve Heart Attack Survival
June 22 2005
TIME: Galley Girl: A Talk with a Pop Doc; Dr. Mehmet Oz on taking care of yourself
Washington Post: Score Measures Risk of Stroke
June 7 2005
Newsday: Some animals act as conduits for West Nile
June 5 2005
Newsday: For prospective parents in the market for a blonde-haired, blue-eyed tot, Danish sperm makes the sale
June 22 2005
Reuters: Body fat pattern abnormal in recovered anorexics
June 7 2005
Washington Post: More milk means more weight gain
June 22 2005
Detroit Free Press: After kidney swap, couples swapping stories of new life
June 20 2005
Associated Press: Fight Alzheimer''s with an active brain
June 14 2005
Washington Post: Fat Found to Accelerate Aging Process
New York Times: Snake Phobias, Moodiness and a Battle in Psychiatry
New York Times: Playing God With Birth Defects in the Nursery
June 13 2005
HealthDay News: Calcium May Cut PMS Risk
May 24 2005
New York Times: New Weight-Loss Focus: The Lean and the Restless
New York Times: How to Save Your Skin in the Season of Sun
June 1 2005
LA Times: It''''s Easy to Get High in Cyberspace
May 30 2005
Atlanta Journal Constitution: CDC mission expands to disorders of the mind
May 31 2005
Washington Post: Getting Pumped
May 30 2005
Chicago Tribune: Faulty gene seen as cause of unexplained drownings
May 26 2005
Reuters: Seroquel may improve life for bipolar patients
May 27 2005
US News & World Report: Picking up dangerous ideas - Does suicide screening prompt suicides?
May 26 2005
Los Angeles Times: As biological clocks go, his is more like a travel alarm
May 31 2005
Associated Press: Beyond depression: When grief doesn''t go away
June 10 2005
NPR-WNYC : Please Explain: Vitamins
May 15 2005
ABC News: Still Room for Improvement in Cancer Care
May 17 2005
ABC News: A New Treatment for Depression: Magnets
Washington Post: The Right Drug to Target
May 21 2005
USA Today: Vitamin D research may have doctors prescribing sunshine
May 16 2005
Wall Street Journal: Killings From 90 Years Ago Haunt Turkey in its EU Bid
May 15 2005
Reuters: Many cancer patients get inadequate care
May 5 2005
New York Times: Take 2 and Call Your Cosmetician in the Morning
May 3 2005
Reuters: $1 million science awards created
May 4 2005
Daily News: Rx for safe dosing
May 3 2005
New York Times: Benefits of the Dinner Table Ritual
Newsday: Post 9/11 anxiety up among NYC students
May 2 2005
NPR: Study Assesses Impact of Sept. 11 on New York Schoolchildren
May 1 2005
Scientific American: When Medicine Meets Literature
April 25 2005
BusinessWeek: Breast Implants: Science vs. Emotion
May 5 2005
NPR: Mozambique Study Sees Hope for Ex-Child Soldiers
April 10 2005
Chicago Tribune: Caveman cure-all
April 1 2005
ABC News: Against the Grain: Finding Silent Celiac Disease
February 9 2005
National Public Radio: Study: Link Between Gum Health and Heart Disease
March 29 2005
New York Times: For Chronic Fatigue, Placebos Fail the Test
March 28 2005
Associated Press: Curing ''''The Doorknob Phenomenon''''
March 22 2005
Nature: Right-to-die case highlights brain mysteries
March 19 2005
WNYC: Leonard Lopate Show: All About Asthma
April 12 2005
New York Times: Women Struggle for Parity of the Heart
April 1 2005
New York Times: Pope in ''Very Grave'' Condition After Suffering Heart Failure
April 13 2005
Forbes: New Clues to Killer Heart Failure
April 1 2005
HealthDay News: New Test Gives Early Warning of Kidney Failure
April 5 2005
Associated Press: Study: Suicide Query Won''t Plant the Idea
March 12 2005
Washington Post: No Harm In Asking
April 12 2005
Newsday: Setting the example for a ''greener'' New York
February 8 2005
BBC News: Tooth-brushing ''cuts heart risk''
April 28 2005
Associated Press: Heroin Addicts Clamor for Scarce Medicine
April 1 2005
Associated Press: Pope Clings to Life As His Health Worsens
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