The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University has launched a bold, freshly designed website offering in-depth information relating to food policy and obesity.The new website highlights the Rudd Center’s past and present research...
The adage “It’s not what you say but how you say it”—was confirmed by a Yale study, which shows that playing up the benefits of quitting smoking is more effective in getting people to quit than emphasizing the problems associated with continuing to smoke....
Derek Lyons Children learn by imitating adults—so much so that they will rethink how an object works if they observe an adult taking unnecessary steps when using that object, according to a Yale study today...
Ronald Duman Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine...
In the first evidence of its kind to date, Yale researchers find that infants prefer individuals who help others to those who either do nothing, or interfere with others’ goals, it is reported today in Nature.“This supports the view that our ability to...
Yale School of Public Health, working with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, will monitor the early impact of a vaccine against the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States and the leading cause of cervical cancer—human...
Jack Elias A protein measured in a simple blood test may be a new biomarker to identify patients with the most serious form of asthma, Yale School of Medicine researchers report today in the New England...
Yale School of Medicine is recruiting participants for a study into a new treatment method for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), which is a severe and debilitating form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS).PMDD is believed to affect between three percent...
In recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month, the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE), is organizing a community event November 12.CARE is part of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI), which supports and facilitates clinical...
Louisa Egan Like adults, children and monkeys rationalize their decisions following a tough choice, Yale University researchers report in Psychological Science.The tendency to rationalize after, for...