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Columbia Once Again Ranked Among Top Medical Schools and Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
The 2015 U.S. News and World Report list of Best Medical Schools for Research includes the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was also ranked #5 nationally among best hospitals for adult neurosurgery and neurology.
A Cavernous Malformation…Inside the Spinal Cord
Imagine the cable that brings Internet access to your home. Inside that cable are many small wires. Outer layers of the cable surround and protect those individual wires, bundling them all together. Now imagine the human spinal cord. It too is composed of tiny “wires,” or delicate nerve fibers, bundled together inside a series of […]
How is a Kiwi Like a Spinal Intramedullary Lipoma?
There are a lot of ways to go after a kiwi. Some people consume the whole thing, skin and all. Others work hard to get out all the green insides without breaking through the thin skin. If you use this second method, you’ve probably noticed that it’s gotten easier with practice. Well, in kiwis as in […]