A Yale psychiatrist testing the use of magnetic stimulation for schizophrenics who hear voices says increasing the duration of stimulation produces longer periods of relief. The research by Ralph Hoffman, M.D., associate professor and assistant medical...
A new device that allows at-home testing for glaucoma, which is one of the leading causes of blindness around the world, has been designed by a Yale physician. M. Marc Abreu, M.D., said he hopes the Alcon Abreu Tonometry System will improve glaucoma...
A recently created Web site that measures candidate preferences reveals a lack of association between respondents’ conscious and unconscious preferences. The Web site, created by investigators at Yale University and the University of Washington, shows...
Yale University is hosting a seminar March 17 on conducting research into Latino health issues, such as depression, substance abuse, AIDS and access to health care. The seminar is one of a series that supplements a five-year study by Kathleen Merikangas...
Yale University announced today that it will raise tuition and room and board for undergraduates by only 2.9 percent for 2000-2001, marking its third straight year at that rate of increase, the lowest among Ivy League schools in two decades. Yale also...
Yale researchers have discovered that a critical function of each cell – passing proteins through a membrane – is performed as a duet, not a solo. An article published in the current issue of Science and featured on the cover describes the structure...
Forced and voluntary sterilization in the United States was more closely allied to the policies of Nazi Germany than previously believed, a Yale study shows. The study by Andre Sofair, M.D., and Lauris Kaldjian, M.D., both assistant clinical professors...
Doctors who train for a time in underdeveloped areas are more likely, as they pursue their careers, to care for underserved patients, a Yale study shows. Anu Gupta, a third-year resident who conducted the survey, said doctors who participated in Yale...
The Technology Access Center at Stetson Free Public Library will kick off free computer classes aimed at residents of the Dixwell neighborhood starting February 7. The Technology Access Center (TAC), a joint effort by Yale University, SNET and the New...
The Center for Excellence in Chronic Illness Care at the Yale School of Nursing will honor the founders of the American hospice movement at its annual convocation on February 15 at 4 p.m. at the Yale School of Nursing. The keynote speaker will be Cindy...