“It is important that the chronic kidney disease (CKD) afflicting thousands of rural workers in Central America be recognized as what it is -- a major epidemic with a tremendous population impact”, said a clinical epidemiologist at Columbia University in the United States, Victor Penchaszadeh, while commenting on the findings of a recent report “The World”.

Recently, with an aim to reveal the impact of stimulating neurogenesis in the brain of an adult over his mood or cognition, few scientists participated in a research, that was led by Ren Hen, Ph. D., Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, in the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Americans deadline for tax payment was quite late. Since the usual deadline date April 15 coincided with a District of Columbia holiday, 2010 tax payments are due on Monday, April 18. It has been told by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that the deadline for those with six-month filling extensions is October 17.

Skelton structure has connection with fertility in male mice. As per the researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, male mice whose skeleton does not release a hormone called osteocalcin are infertile.

On Friday, the firefighters of Columbia-Richland Fire Department handed out Christmas presents to about 60 patients at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. One of the firefighters i. e. Steve Buff was dressed as Santa, while two were posing as elves.

Making a previous ruling by a trial judge as null and void, a federal appeals court allowed the Government to continue the funding of the controversial embryonic stem cell research on Tuesday. The judgment was passed by a bench consisting of three judges of the U. S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.

The study based on the child behavior claims that having dinner with family lowers the risk of illicit behavior in children.

The findings of ten years of research, performed by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, stated that kids who take dinner with their families have less chances of smoking, drinking or using drugs.

San Francisco - Ten years after the horrific massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, Americans remembered the tragedy Monday with memorial services, television segments and news reports pointing out that access to guns had become easier than ever.

In one of the first lawsuits to dispute the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp's authority over seized banking assets, Washington Mutual Inc (WMI) has sued the federal agency for considerably more than $13 billion with regard to the loss of its banking operations.

According to new research diabetesdoes more than affect your heart, eyes and kidneys; it also increases your riskof getting Alzheimer's disease. While another research indicated that patternsof brain shrinkage seen on MRI scans indicated the development of Alzheimer's.