More than one-third of adults in China have high blood pressure — often dubbed the “silent killer” for its lack of symptoms — but only about one in 20 have the condition under control. These findings are published Oct. 25 in the Lancet’s special issue on...
The art of writing an excellent college essay and navigating financial aid and college options were some of the topics local high school students explored with their Yale STEM Mentors on Nov. 12 during a College Preparedness and Essay Workshop at the...
Local high school students learned about the many factors involved in choosing a college recently at an event sponsored by STEM Mentors, a Yale University graduate and professional student group that works to get high schools students excited about STEM (...
Impoverished female farm workers infected with intestinal parasites known as hookworms saw significant improvements in physical fitness when they were treated with a low-cost deworming drug. The benefits were seen even in those with low level infections,...
In a new study of languages spoken in 43 different populations worldwide, Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues identified variants of a dyslexia gene that correlate with consonant use, establishing a role for genetics in language...
Patients with Type 2 diabetes who were treated with the newer generation of insulin analog drugs did not have substantially better outcomes than those treated with less costly human insulin, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and...
To support large scale vaccination efforts, Yale University is collaborating with Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) to expand vaccination availability to the general public.
“I am grateful that members of the Yale and New Haven communities were able to...