Health Insights Newsletter Archive

Get our experts’ advice on common emergencies to avoid, raw milk, and RSV vaccines—plus, our chef’s winter recipes.

• Stay Healthy through the Holidays

• What to Know about RSV Vaccines

• How Cold and Flu Medications Work

• Is Raw Milk Safe to Drink?

• Get Relief from a Stuffy Nose

• Try our Winter Dishes

• Protection from COVID Vaccines May Last Longer

Try our experts’ advice on holiday dishes, travel, and boosting immunity—plus learn about a new fertility treatment.

• How Our Nutritionist Plans for a Holiday Meal

• 7 Ways to Ease “Airplane Ear”

• How to Boost Your Immunity

• Managing Diabetes Over the Holidays

• Looking to the Stars to Help Men with Infertility

Try our experts’ advice on choosing pain relievers, reducing breast cancer risk, and more.

• How to Make Good Decisions

• Which Pain Reliever Should You Take?

• Choosing Between Milk and “Milk”

• 5 Ways to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

• Training Tips from Our Nutritionist

Try our experts’ advice on dealing with school avoidance, rinsing your sinuses, understanding adult autism, and more.

• How to Handle School Avoidance

• Should You be Rinsing Your Sinuses?

• Understanding Autism in Adults

• Is Plant Protein a Key to Healthy Aging?

• How Anger Impacts Heart Health

Try our experts’ advice on recognizing ADHD, avoiding yeast infections, reversing an opioid overdose, and more.

• How ADHD can be Different for Women

• Could You Stop an Opioid Overdose?

• Lower Your Risk of Yeast Infections

• Is Intermittent Fasting Healthy?

• Your State of Mind Can Impact Brain Health

Try our experts’ personal tips on packing coolers, wearing sunglasses, soothing itchy bug bites, and more.

• How to Tell if You’re Wearing the Right Sunglasses

• 8 Tips for Traveling with a Chronic Condition

• Keep the Foods in your Cooler Safe to Eat

• Stop Bug Bites from Itching

• Free Health Resources for our Neighbors

As we gather for fireworks, parades, and cookouts, our experts share simple tips for a healthier holiday.

• July 4th Recipes From Our Nutritionist  

• Reduce Your Cancer Risk While Grilling

• 6 Nutritious Dips for Your Cookout

• What an ER Doctor Wants You to Know About Fireworks

Whether you’re heading to the beach or enjoying a staycation, try our experts’ simple tips for a healthy summer.

• How a Nutritionist Eats at a Cookout
• Tips for Managing Hot Flashes in Summer
• A Safer Way to Use Sunscreen Spray
• How to Transition Kids to a Summer Schedule
• Q Clinic Provides Essential Care

Whether you’re 18 or 88, these everyday habits could set you up for years of successful aging.

• What an Expert on Aging Would Tell his Younger Self
• Sex after Menopause
• 3 Habits of Active Agers
• Reduce Strain on Your Eyes
• Get More out of Walking

Start cleaning smarter with expert tips on purifying home air and decluttering for mental health—plus help for dry eyes.

• Top Safety Tips for Cleaning
• Reduce Stress through Decluttering
• What to Know about Dust
• How to Soothe Itchy Eyes

Get better rest with expert tips on teeth grinding, weight loss, foods that promote rest, and more.

• Try this Pre-Sleep Routine
• Fight Belly Fat with Better Sleep
• Clues You’re Grinding Your Teeth
• What to Eat for Better Sleep
• Help Teens Get Their Rest

Tips on cleaner air, natural scents, and avoiding chemicals in clothes—plus how to cope with bullying on Valentine’s Day.

• Tips for Avoiding “Forever Chemicals”
• Natural Ways to Freshen Indoor Air
• Screen Alternatives for Snow Days
• Bullying on Valentine’s Day
• Meet Charles R. Drew, MD, “Father of the Bloodbank”

Tips for dry skin, stiff joints, and chapped lips—plus what a doctor says to do before going to the gym.

• Is Your Body Ready for the Gym?
• Put Dry, Winter Skin Behind You
• Ease Your Joint Pain this Winter
• Your ’24 Health Appointments Checklist
• Whole New Approach to IVF Blood Draws

Tips on protecting your heart, sleeping smart, and healthy holiday recipes—plus the one resolution all seniors should make

• Heart Attack Rates Rise at the Holidays—Lower Your Risk 
• 5 Shortcuts for Lowering Holiday Stress 
• The Resolution All Older Adults Should Make 
• Plan Your January Health Challenge
• From our “Science of Kindness” Expert

Get ready for holiday crowds and gatherings with tips from Columbia experts on boosting immunity, dodging germs, storing leftovers, and more.

• How Doctors Stay Healthy for the Holidays 
• How a Microbiologist Stores Leftovers
• Seven Ways to Boost your Immunity
• No One Wants Norovirus
• Don't Get Thanksgiving GERD

Know when to call a doctor about cold hands, headaches, varicose veins, and other everyday issues—plus what a dentist gives for Halloween.

• Headache Symptoms to Take Seriously
• When to Worry about Varicose Veins
• Why Your Hands are Always Cold
• Childhood Bumps to Get Checked Out
• What a Dentist Gives out for Halloween

As cooler weather approaches and we spend more time inside, Columbia experts share advice on boosting indoor air quality, cutting back on chemicals, keeping kids safe, and more.

• Quick Fixes for Gas Stove Worries
• Reduce Chemical Use
• Tackle Bladder Issues
• Lead Safety Made Simple
• Get Healthcare at Home
• Delivering Care Closer to Home

Whether you’re planning lunches for a first grader or packing your freshman for college, the choices you make now can launch a lifetime of healthy habits. In this issue of Health Insights, Columbia experts explain why kids should steer clear of energy drinks, how to get better sleep, social media safety, and more.  

• Why Kids Should Skip Energy Drinks
• Plan for College with Diabetes
• Sleep Better Tonight
• Help your Teen be Social Media Safe
• Teenage Patient Creates Art for Children's Clinic