Women who eat chocolate are at decreased risk of developing preeclampsia, a potentially dangerous complication of pregnancy, a Yale study suggests.The conclusions are reported in the current issue of the journal Epidemiology. A team headed by Elizabeth...
Gestational age has long been the factor most commonly used to predict whether an extremely low-birth-weight infant survives and thrives, but four additional factors that can help predict a preemie’s outcome have been identified by the National Institutes...
Metastasis, the spread of cancer throughout the body, can be explained by the fusion of a cancer cell with a white blood cell in the original tumor, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers, who say that this single event can set the stage for...
Steven C. Hebert, M.D., the chair and C.N.H. Long Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and professor of medicine. Steven C. Hebert, M.D., the chair and C.N.H. Long Professor of Cellular and...
Fertility experts like Pasquale Patrizio, M.D. of the Yale School of Medicine have long been interested in understanding why so few human eggs harvested during in vitro fertilization result in pregnancies.“The two big questions are why so few eggs produce...
Gil Mor Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified, characterized and cloned ovarian cancer stem cells and have shown that these stem cells may be the source of ovarian cancer’s recurrence and...
Gil Mor In a discovery that may be useful for maintaining remission in chemo-resistant ovarian cancer, Yale scientists report that pre-clinical studies have shown the drug compound NV-128 can induce the...
A 3p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the interactive “Medical Inventions and Innovations” exhibit is the first in a series of events on Wednesday, April 16 that coincide with the 60th annual lecture sponsored by the Cushing/Whitney...
Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., professor of internal medicine and cellular & molecular physiology at the Yale School of Medicine, is the 2008 recipient of the Stanley J. Korsmeyer award for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of insulin...
Yale School of Medicine has overhauled its financial aid policy with a major boost in aid to middle-income families by eliminating the required parental contribution for families making up to $100,000 per year, medical school Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D.,...