Yale Dean of Public Health Michael Merson, writing in this week’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), says the limited number of success stories in stopping the spread of AIDS share a common characteristic - political leadership. “It is...
In conjunction with the 2001 International Festival of Arts and Ideas, the Yale University Visitor Center will present daily tours from June 14 through June 30 highlighting New Haven and the Yale University campus. All tours are free to the general...
African-Americans have a higher rate of dementia due to strokes and a lower prevalence of dementia stemming from Parkinson’s Disease than do Caucasians, according to a study by Yale researchers published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society...
Women like to believe they would report or confront someone who was sexually harassing them, but when faced with an actual situation, out of fear they rarely voice objections, according to a study by a Yale University researcher. The findings published...
Preschoolers have difficulty distinguishing imagination from reality, particularly if asked about events some time after they occurred, which could have implications for eyewitness testimony, a researcher at Yale has found. Amy Sussman, who conducted...
A national group of gastrointestinal pathologists have set new criteria for determining when effects of acid reflux disease are likely to develop into cancer of the esophagus, says Marie Robert, associate professor of pathology at Yale School of Medicine...
Pasko Rakic, the Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine, recently gave the 71st James Arthur Lecture on the “Evolution of Neocortex: Lessons from Embryoarcheology” at the American Museum of...
Two researchers at Yale School of Medicine, Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D., and Richard Lifton, M.D., have been selected for the medical research awards of The Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation. The foundation annually recognizes three researchers for...
Although it is well documented that using beta blockers is effective in preventing a subsequent heart attack or death, not all hospitals are prescribing them widely for complicated internal reasons, a study by researchers at Yale concludes. B-blockers...
Seven Yale College seniors were awarded prizes for superior academic work in their fields of study during Senior Class Day exercises on May 20. Richard Brodhead, dean of Yale College, presented the awards during the ceremony on the Old Campus. The...