Routine screening for coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes patients with no symptoms of angina or a history of coronary disease is unnecessary and may lead initially to more invasive and costly heart procedures, according to researchers at Yale...
After 88 days alone with the sounds of the ocean, meals of only freeze-dried rations or energy bars, and wind that blew him every which way but toward land, Paul Ridley is home. On March 29, Ridley completed a 3,500-mile solo row across the Atlantic Ocean...
In a finding that suggests how global warming could impact infectious disease, scientists from Yale University, in collaboration with other institutions, have determined that climate impacts the severity of Lyme Disease by influencing the feeding patterns...
Non-specialist physicians who inserted implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) had higher rates of complications in their patients than electrophysiologists, who are specially trained to implant the devices. These findings are reported by Yale...
A young black man with the grades and the desire to attend the Yale School of Medicine in the 1800s faced seemingly insurmountable odds, but the power of relationships is what made it possible for Courtlandt Van Rensselaer Creed to beat those odds, said...
In the first study to gauge the benefits of anger control training in adolescents with Tourette syndrome (TS), researchers at the Yale Child Study Center have found that cognitive behavioral therapy is helpful for short-term improvement in anger and...
Yale neurologist Stephen G. Waxman will receive the William S. Middleton Award at ceremonies that will include a reception at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 29, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced.The Middleton Award is the VA’s...
Yale University, world-renowned in the field of global health, epidemiology end emerging viruses, is offering specialists to speak on the global swine flu crisis. They can address many aspects of this outbreak, including diagnosis, treatment, comparisons...
Yale School of Medicine scientist Jeffrey R. Gruen, M.D., has received a $5.2 million grant from the Manton Foundation to further his research on the genetics of dyslexia. Gruen’s discovery of a gene involved in dyslexia was named one of the top 10...
Evidence suggests that having a close relative with type 1 diabetes puts individuals at greater risk of developing the disease, but one Yale researcher is investigating whether it’s possible to prevent a genetic disposition from turning into a full-blown...