Mental health providers at Yale and universities across the United States have seen increasing demand for their services in recent years: In 2015, Yale Health’s Mental Health and Counseling department saw about 2,500 students. Since July of this year...
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which is recommended for children between ages 11 and 12, is highly effective at preventing cervical cancer. But in the United States, only 54% of adolescents are fully vaccinated against HPV, a rate lower than...
Many cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, can irreparably harm reproductive organs, leaving patients who hope to conceive a child after treatment with few options. Some can preserve their eggs or embryos, but those procedures are...
To assess kidney function and track chronic kidney disease, health care providers commonly use a measure called eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate). But the two predominant equations used in the United States to calculate eGFR have come under...
Cameron Gettel is new to Yale’s faculty but not to the university. He’s been a part of the Yale community since 2019, when he arrived as part of the National Clinicians Scholars Program — an experience that made him want to stick around. Now, he’s an...
A molecule known as anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a driver of several cancers, including pediatric neuroblastoma, B-cell lymphomas, and myofibroblast tumors. But for years much about this molecule — its role in the body, which molecules interact...