Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer’s disease. In the Feb. 26 issue of the journal Nature, the Yale team reports that cellular prion proteins trigger the process by which amyloid-beta peptides block brain...
After an extensive national search, Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD, has been named director of Yale Cancer Center and physician-in-chief of the new Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, which will open in October 2009. His appointment is effective April 1,...
Before flying off the handle the next time someone cuts you off in traffic, consider the latest research from Yale School of Medicine researchers that links changes brought on by anger or other strong emotions to future arrhythmias and sudden cardiac...
Younger people with strong negative stereotypes about the elderly are more likely to experience strokes, heart attacks and other heart problems when they grow old, a researcher at the Yale School of Public Health has found. It is the first study that...
The first of a series of health fairs organized and run by graduate students at Yale School of Medicine, the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale School of Nursing will be held in New Haven on February 28, targeting underserved neighborhoods with...
Elderly women who suffer a first “mini-stroke” are less likely than men of the same age to be readmitted to a hospital, according to a study led by the Yale School of Public Health. The paper appears in the online version of Stroke, the journal of the...
In an effort to accelerate improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare in developing nations around the world, Yale University has launched the Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI). The mission of the GHLI is to strengthen the...
People dealing with the daily stress of a high-pressure career can adversely affect the mental health of their spouses, new research conducted by the Yale School of Public Health has found.This work-related “spillover” from an unhappy mate can be as...
Older adults with poor health habits appear to be much more likely to quit smoking or lose weight following a serious health diagnosis, a Yale School of Public Health researcher has found.This “window of opportunity” was found to exist for adults recently...
The risk of HIV infection in high-risk populations may be substantially reduced by an antiretroviral drug treatment currently being tested in clinical trials, according to a study led by a researcher at the Yale School of Public Health.The study examined...