Yale scientists have successfully immunized mice against West Nile virus, raising the possibility of developing a vaccine for humans against the potentially fatal, mosquito-borne infection. Although there have been about 10 virus-related deaths reported...
Despite many observational studies linking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and possibly stroke, Yale researchers have found in a new study that HRT does not reduce the risk of a second stroke or death in women...
Yale researchers have found that giving blood transfusions to anemic elderly heart attack patients significantly improves the survival rate for that group. “This is the first study to highlight the important link between anemia, blood transfusion and...
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, part of the Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year, nearly $200,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention to investigate the benefits of a home-based exercise program for...
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, part of the Yale School of Medicine, will soon begin work on a study of complementary care for mild to moderate asthma. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study is designed to...
The Department of Pediatrics at the Yale University School of Medicine has received a $40,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to support Adopt-a-Doc, a new community-based program to improve health care for children in New Haven...
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, part of the Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year, nearly $200,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the benefits of a meditation and massage-intervention program for...
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that a diet high in cholesterol, animal protein and vitamin B12 is linked to risk of a specific type of cancer of the stomach and esophagus that has been increasing rapidly. The researchers also found that...
The frequently prescribed antihistamine and sedative medication diphenhydramine is associated with a 70 percent increased risk of changes in mental status and evidence of delirium symptoms in older, hospitalized patients, Yale researchers report in a...
When stable methadone patients, who were formerly addicted to heroin and other narcotics, switch from a narcotic treatment program to a physician’s office for continuing methadone maintenance treatment, they become more accepting of the treatment and...