Karina Danvers, a Yale School of Nursing (YSN) community outreach worker who has AIDS, recently received a Commissioner’s AIDS Leadership Award from the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Danvers was cited for her volunteer work on a project to...
Yale researchers have received a $1.5 million grant to develop a computer system that will analyze cancer cells and compare them against thousands of other specimens. The grant awarded to the Center for Medical Informatics will be used to analyze two...
A new screening test that could significantly improve the detection of fetal Down syndrome will be tested in a national clinical trial by Yale researchers beginning in January. The modified urine pregnancy test, hyperglycosylated hCG (HhCG), was...
A Yale study reveals that B cells play a leading role in promoting the development of unique cells that serve as gatekeepers for disease in the gastrointestinal area. B cells once were thought to function mainly as sources of serum antibody and as...
Bruce McClennan, M.D., professor and chairman of diagnostic radiology at the Yale School of Medicine, recently collaborated with Walt Disney World to create an interactive exhibit on radiology at Epcot. McClennan helped plan the exhibit, “Radiology:...
A football autographed by NFL linebacker Pepper Johnson and a week’s lodging in London are among the items to be auctioned Friday, November 19 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Yale School of Medicine’s Seventh Annual Hunger and Homelessness Auction. “The...
Heart attack sufferers can benefit as much from taking one aspirin a day after their trauma as from taking aspirin along with a powerful anti-clotting drug, a Yale study shows. The study, one of the largest of its kind, appears to settle the controversy...
Yale Associate Professor of Nursing Courtney Lyder, a nationally recognized expert on minority aging, will be inducted Nov. 20 as a fellow into the American Academy of Nursing. The event will take place at the academy’s annual meeting in Virginia. Lyder...
Yale School of Nursing Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Paula Milone-Nuzzo was recently named a Fellow of Hospice and Home Care by Home Care University, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing research, education and credentialing for home...
There are 550 different therapeutic techniques for treating children with emotional problems, but a new book by a Yale psychologist says little is known about what works, why, and for whom. Knowing what works is important because 10 percent of three-to-...