Yale researchers identified human gut microbes that metabolize over 150 therapeutic drugs, a finding that highlights the role bacteria play in determining how well individuals respond to medications, they report June 3 in the journal Nature.
Scientists in...
Taking beta blockers — medications that reduce blood pressure and treat many heart conditions — can blunt the negative effects of stress and anger on people with a history of atrial fibrillation, or irregular heart rhythm, said Yale researchers. This...
A drug that targets the immune system can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes in people at high risk of developing the disease, said a Yale investigator who led the National Institutes of Health-funded Diabetes TrialNet study. The research is the first to...
For two decades, Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) Director Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., has prompted change in how investigators at the university focus on the “who” and “what” of health research.
As she looks across research institutions today, she...
During the 2017-2018 flu season, Yale physicians responded to a surge of patients to the emergency department (ED) and hospital with an unusual solution. They converted a conference room into a fully operational treatment unit, and in the process, built a...