New York City Health Commissioner Tom Frieden announced today that the city is PROPOSING a ban on trans fats in restaurants and also proposing a requirement that many eateries post calories on menus. Trans fat is made when manufacturers add hydrogen to...
A Yale School of Medicine study shows for the first time that a high level of testosterone, such as that caused by the use of steroids to increase muscle mass or for replacement therapy, can lead to a catastrophic loss of brain cells.Taking large doses of...
New Haven, Conn.—Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Yale University have discovered that a natural protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis, the bacterium sprayed on crops by organic farmers to reduce insect damage, is...
New Haven, Conn.—A program to train parents how to manage the disruptive behavior of children with Tourette syndrome (TS) and tic disorders works well, according to a pilot study conducted by Yale School of Nursing and the Yale Child Study Center.“A new...
The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale is launching its first annual “Seeds of Healthy Change Competition,” inviting the public to submit ideas to help in Yale’s campaign to fight obesity and weight discrimination.Entrants may submit their...
Alan Dardik Veterans undergoing a major vascular surgery procedure were sicker when compared to patients undergoing the same surgery at civilian hospitals, yet the veterans had about the same results,...
When cigarette smokers first stop smoking the number of nicotine receptors in the brain is significantly higher when compared to non-smokers, which may explain why it is so tough to quit, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers...
Children who are anxious before surgery experience a more painful, slow, and complicated postoperative recovery, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published this month in Pediatrics.The study is important, said lead author, Zeev Kain, M.D.,...
Leading scientists, including several from Yale School of Medicine, will gather in Washington, D.C., September 10-12 to identify new approaches for the treatment of Tourette Syndrome (TS), a familial neurological disorder that begins in childhood and is...
One of the country’s leading stem cell biologists, Haifan Lin, has been appointed director of the Yale Stem Cell Program effective September 1, Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern announced this week.Lin, currently a cell biology professor and co-...