Breast cancer has a lower rate of recurrence when detected through screening mammography rather than other approaches, because screening mammography is especially likely to find slow-growing, non-aggressive tumors, a Yale study shows. “The results...
Short-term estrogen withdrawal or replacement produces no effects likely to influence heart attack death in postmenopausal women, a Yale study shows. “If you take women who go into menopause and give them estrogen, it has no effect on their ability to...
Sleeplessness, irritability, and sudden changes in weight may be signs of anxiety and depression and are among symptoms to be highlighted in a free screening clinic to be held at Yale School of Medicine May 3. For the seventh year, the Yale Anxiety...
Irregular fetal heartbeats are relatively common, but a Yale study, the largest of its kind to date, shows these arrhythmias are an indication of serious problems in only a fraction of affected fetuses. “A skipped or extra beat in a baby’s heart rate is...
Older workers who lose their jobs suffer more health problems than those who remain employed, a Yale study shows. “Some believe that job loss at older ages may be less devastating because workers are nearing retirement; in contrast, our study suggests...
A new liposuction method for the neck and jowls using several tiny incisions and a syringe is more precise and helps guard against extracting too much fat, a Yale study shows. The technique involves making five very small incisions, instead of only one...
Yale has received a $3 million grant from a Swiss family to study borderline personality disorder as well as other personality disorders. The three-year grant was made by the Personality Disorder Research Foundation, which is based in New York City and...
Yale researchers have for the first time used functional MRI to study brain organization in persons with autism and Asperger Syndrome and found that they perceive faces as if they were objects. “This may be a result of a lifelong disinterest in people,...
A Yale epidemiologist participated in an Institute of Medicine committee which has found that antioxidants’ role in preventing chronic disease is still uncertain and large doses may lead to health problems rather than offer benefits. The report is the...
Scientists and executives from top universities and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies will speak about the emerging field of pharmacogenetics at Yale University April 25. The Third Annual Genaissance Pharmacogenetics Lectures, “Pharmacogenetics...