In response to a new study showing that estrogen does not slow the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, Yale researchers say more studies are needed to answer key questions about estrogen’s possible role in preventing or delaying the disease. Sally Shaywitz...
A new surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome that improves recovery time and reduces the number of complications from current treatments, is being used by Yale surgeon, Grant Thomson, M.D. The single portal endoscopic release treatment involves...
Cathy Cohen, professor of political science and African American studies at Yale, will be a guest speaker at the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) on February 23. The lecture, titled “AIDS, Homophobia and the Politics of Black...
Despite widespread anxiety about Lyme disease, Yale researchers have found that treatments for the tick-borne disease are effective and long lasting. “The outcomes of the vast majority of patients with Lyme disease were excellent and not much different...
Yale researchers have found that psychological stress can facilitate sudden death by increasing the chances that arrhythmias – abnormal heart rhythms – are more lethal in susceptible patients. These kinds of deaths, said Rachel Lampert, M.D., the study’...
Reversing brain and spinal cord injuries may soon be possible with the discovery of a gene and protein responsible for stopping axon regrowth, Yale researchers say. Brain and spinal cord axons can grow after injury if provided with an adequate...
After having heart attacks, patients with mental illnesses are significantly less likely to undergo cardiovascular procedures than patients without mental disorders, Yale researchers say. “Having a mental disorder reduces a patient’s chances of...
A new Web site designed to provide complete, concise information about the past and present health of the greater New Haven area will be launched on Thursday, January 20, at 4:30 p.m., by a group of Yale libraries. The launch, complete with live...
Managed care patients with chronic illnesses are twice as likely to report dissatisfaction with their care than healthier patients, while both types of patients are equally satisfied with fee-for-service plans, Yale researchers say. Consequently,...
The Yale School of Medicine will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., with a keynote speech by William H. Gray, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund. The annual observance will be held Monday, January 17 from 10...