health

Humanity for Haiti

Haiti needs international aid to obtain clean water and mitigate the cholera outbreak.

By Nicole Dussault | Jan 16 09:28 pm ET

At World AIDS Day, Sachs, health advocates say more progress needed

On World AIDS Day, Earth Institute director Jeff Sachs said that the cut to funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS is a “horrendous decision,” while health advocates shared stories of dealing with AIDS.

By Sammy Roth | Dec 2 04:38 am ET

Waylaid by disease

Health is the determinant in whether or not people worldwide can succeed.

By Nicole Dussault | Oct 5 07:02 pm ET

Sick, and in health

As privileged Columbia students, our notion of healthy is a little skewed.

By Nicole Dussault | Sep 21 08:34 pm ET

Go get some (sleep)!

There's no excuse for not sleeping.

By Weihui Lu | Apr 14 09:24 pm ET

Squeeze somebody

In the absence of happiness at Columbia, students need to have more sex.

By Ittai Orr | Mar 22 08:51 pm ET

Making smoking socially inconvenient

The ban may change the culture of smoking.

By Nataya Friedan | Dec 12 06:57 pm ET

Time to kick butts

Reasons abound for a campus-wide ban.

By Mark A. Cohen | Dec 7 10:59 pm ET

Child obesity rates higher in Harlem, city works to raise awareness

Forty percent of K-8 students are obese or overweight, says a recently released city study, with data from the 2008-9 school year. But in Harlem zip codes, around 48 percent of children fall into that category.

By Catherine Mas | Oct 3 11:33 pm ET

Medical School researches cocaine vaccine viability

Participants who responded to a Columbia cocaine vaccine spent an average of $49 less on the drug during the 13th week than they had in the first week of the study.

By Yishu Huang | Mar 26 04:15 am ET

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