When individuals with autism view social situations, they focus attention twice as much on the mouths and the bodies of people as on their eyes, Yale researchers report in an Archives of General Psychiatry article. The researchers used eye-tracking...
Women’s Health Research at Yale will host a conference October 15 to address the importance of women’s health and to share new research results on the health of women. The half-day professional conference begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Stamford Marriott....
Physically frail elderly persons who followed a physical therapy program consisting primarily of balance exercise and strength training saw a 45 percent reduction in disability after seven months, Yale researchers report in the October 3 issue of The New...
Using genetically altered mice, Yale researchers have generated a clearer picture of the origins of B cells and their involvement in autoimmune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. Published in the September 20 issue of Science,...
Two new papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Yale researchers provide insights to measuring the amount of energy neurons (brain cells) use when a sensory or cognitive task is performed. Using a rat model, the researchers...
Gustaf E. Lindskog, M.D., the William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery and former chair of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, died on August 4 at age 99. Widely recognized for his contributions to the field of thoracic surgery, Lindskog taught at Yale...
A new study at Yale University School of Medicine has shown that the FDA-approved smoking cessation medication bupropion (Zyban) can help patients with schizophrenia stop smoking. Published in the July 1 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, the...
Researchers in the Department of Pediatrics at Yale have identified a disruption in the neural circuitry for reading in the brains of dyslexic children as young as age seven. Published in the July 15 issue of Biological Psychiatry, the study’s authors...
New York Magazine has included 59 Yale physicians on a list of the top doctors in the metropolitan area for 2002. Spanning a wide variety of specialties from allergy and immunology to child neurology and geriatrics, the list serves as a guide for...
Alan Kazdin, director of the Yale Child Study Center, has appointed Joseph L. Woolston, M.D., Chief of Child Psychiatry at the Child Study Center and at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Woolston is professor of child psychiatry and pediatrics at Yale School of...