This month marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported AIDS cases in the United States. To mark the occasion, Yale’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) asked nearly 50 individuals — including doctors, researchers, health workers and...
A single gene is central in the development of several forms of polycystic kidney and liver disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the June 19 issue of Nature Genetics.The findings suggest manipulating activity of PKD1, the gene causing...
Renowned glaucoma specialist M. Bruce Shields, M.D., the Marvin Sears Professor and Chair Emeritus of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Yale School of Medicine, will be honored June 17 with an international ophthalmology symposium as he retires after 15...
Picking the right sunscreen protection just got a bit less confusing, thanks to new regulations announced today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that require tougher standards for sunscreen labeling and a higher bar for claiming skin cancer...
A new study by Yale School of Medicine reveals that nearly one third of those who use opioids for non-medical reasons obtain these drugs directly from physicians, but the majority get them from friends or family members. The study, which used data from...
Forty-nine members of Yale Medical Group (YMG), the clinical practice of the faculty of Yale School of Medicine, are included in New York Magazine’s list of Best Doctors for 2011, far outnumbering any other practice or hospital in Connecticut. The list is...
Today was the final day of the third annual Global Health Leadership Conference at Yale. President Richard C. Levin greeted the 25 international delegates during a luncheon where he presented Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama with a certificate...
Smokers tend to die young, but they tend to die thinner than non-smokers. A team of scientists led by Yale School of Medicine has discovered exactly how nicotine suppresses appetite — findings that suggest that it might be possible to develop a drug that...
Yale Cancer Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Louis Chênevert as Chairman of the Center’s Advisory Board. Mr. Chênevert is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).“Yale Cancer Center is a critical asset...
New Pilot Project Program grants from Women’s Health Research at Yale will focus on two fundamental and important areas of women’s health: breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer mortality among women; and obesity, which in women leads to higher...