Whether or not a woman’s ovaries are removed during hysterectomy depends partly on where she lives and her surgeon’s experience, according to a Yale School of Medicine study. Removal of healthy ovaries-oophorectomy-is believed to be the most effective...
Bruce McClennan, M.D., professor and chairman of diagnostic radiology at the Yale School of Medicine, recently collaborated with Walt Disney World to create an interactive exhibit on radiology at Epcot. McClennan helped plan the exhibit, “Radiology:...
Yale scientists will initiate cutting edge women’s health research with new grants from the Ethel F. Donaghue Women’s Health Investigator Program at Yale. This year’s recipients of Donaghue Women’s Health Investigator Awards include six Yale faculty...
Herbert S. Chase, M.D., will become Deputy Dean for Education at the Yale School of Medicine in July 2000, Dean David Kessler has announced. Chase succeeds Robert H. Gifford, M.D., who has held the position since 1998. He was Associate Dean for...
Yale researchers have developed a new method for recording the electrical activities within living cells, which could lead to better treatment for diseases like Parkinson’s, and provide clues to how learning occurs. “This new technique offers the hope...
A football autographed by NFL linebacker Pepper Johnson and a week’s lodging in London are among the items to be auctioned Friday, November 19 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Yale School of Medicine’s Seventh Annual Hunger and Homelessness Auction. “The...
Heart attack sufferers can benefit as much from taking one aspirin a day after their trauma as from taking aspirin along with a powerful anti-clotting drug, a Yale study shows. The study, one of the largest of its kind, appears to settle the controversy...
Prevention of bone loss caused by steroid treatments for such diseases as asthma and arthritis will be the topic of a conference given by the Yale School of Medicine. The conference will be held on Friday, Nov. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the New...
Yale Associate Professor of Nursing Courtney Lyder, a nationally recognized expert on minority aging, will be inducted Nov. 20 as a fellow into the American Academy of Nursing. The event will take place at the academy’s annual meeting in Virginia. Lyder...