A year-long clinical trial by Yale University and other institutions showed that treatment with sensor-augmented insulin pumps, which include a system of continuous glucose monitoring, leads to significantly greater control of type 1 diabetes than a daily...
Two Yale scientists have received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study hepatitis C virus (HCV), a deadly pathogen that attacks the liver and afflicts about 170 million people worldwide.Anna Marie Pyle, the William Edward...
A Yale University-led team of scientists reports that it has achieved an important first step in regenerating fully functional lung tissue that can exchange gas, which is the key role of the lungs. Their paper appears in the June 24 issue of Science...
Children significantly prefer the taste of junk foods branded with licensed cartoon characters on the packaging, compared with the same foods without characters, finds a new study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. The...
A new $5 million meningioma study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will seek to identify genes associated with meningioma, the most frequently reported primary intracranial tumor in the United States.Under the leadership of Elizabeth B....
The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Yale University faculty member and stem cell researcher Valerie Horsley, Ph.D., as a 2010 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.This program enables scientists who are early in their careers to expand their research...
American adults are in favor of legislation to prohibit weight discrimination, particularly in the workplace, according to a Yale University study published online in the journal Obesity. Researchers Rebecca M. Puhl, Ph.D., and Chelsea A. Heuer, M.P.H.,...
In the face of soaring obesity rates in the United States, a national dietary advisory committee that includes a Yale University professor is recommending sweeping changes to the American diet: a reduction in overall calorie consumption, drastically...
Deciphering the functions of multiple rare genes may be at the core of understanding the genetic factors that cause autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), according to a new study published in the journal Nature by dozens of top autism researchers around the...
On Saturday, June 12th, the first and only hospital and health care administration masters degree program in Africa will celebrate the graduation of its first class at Jimma University in Ethiopia. The pioneering Masters in Hospital and Healthcare...