Addictive behaviors in women involving tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs and overeating will be the focus of a new five-year, $2.5 million faculty training grant awarded to Yale University researchers in the Department of Psychiatry.The grant, funded by the...
In the hope of stemming one of the biggest public health crises in Southeast Asia, Yale is partnering with the University of Malaya to fight the spread of HIV among drug users in Malaysia who are completing prison terms and transitioning back into the...
A Yale University study of the health problems of people infected with HIV reveals that those who also have substance abuse problems are at greater risk for other serious illnesses than those who do not— primarily because the substance abuse leads to...
A team of Yale researchers have identified a genetic marker that can help predict the risk of developing ovarian cancer, a hard to detect and often deadly form of cancer.Reporting online in the July 20 edition of the journal Cancer Research, the team...
A new Yale University study reveals that gender plays an important role in determining the risk of specific psychiatric illnesses in children of alcoholics. The gender of both the alcoholic parent and the child were key factors in the types of disorders...
U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut will hold a hearing at Yale University on Monday, July 26, on “The State of the American Child: What’s Working for Connecticut’s Children.” The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. at the Yale Child Study Center,...
Two Yale scientists have received a 2010 Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health, given annually to scientists doing innovative and potentially groundbreaking research.Haifan Lin, director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, and Tamas Horvath,...
Why is it that two people can consume the same high fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? This question has long baffled scientists, but a study by Yale School of Medicine...
Standard therapeutic techniques decrease cravings of cigarette smokers by regulating activity in two separate but related areas of the brain, a new study led by a Yale University researcher shows.Smokers who are taught cognitive strategies, such as...
As Haiti rebuilds from the devastation of January’s earthquake, a Yale study finds that the country’s most vulnerable children will likely face unique and additional risks in the forms of gender-based violence against women, child trafficking and poor...