Dr. Richard L. Edelson, who has been named the inaugural Aaron B. and Marguerite Lerner Professor of Dermatology, is director of the Yale Cancer Center and an internationally acclaimed researcher with a special interest in the treatment and fundamental...
Dr. Madhav V. Dhodapkar, the newly appointed Arthur H. and Isabel Bunker Professor of Hematology, studies the interactions between tumor and immune system in patients with multiple myeloma, an incurable but treatable cancer of the plasma cell. Multiple...
Acute kidney injury (AKI), a common complication of cardiac surgery during hospitalization, is linked to increased and prolonged risk of death in heart attack patients who have been discharged from the hospital, according to a study published in Archives...
Cells on their way to forming bone also produce an estrogen-like substance that mimics the naturally occurring female sex hormone estradiol, investigators at the Yale School of Medicine reported Monday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the...
Cancer researchers and physicians have warned of the link between unprotected sun exposure and the development of skin cancer for decades, but experts from Yale Cancer Center warn that recent publicity about a new study linking a decreased risk of breast...
It has been 12 years, since the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) issued its first “Clinical Practice Guideline –Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence.”Yale psychiatrist Stephanie O’Malley played a key role in developing the 2008 guidelines scheduled to be...
Ronald J. Vender, M.D., a nationally recognized gastroenterologist, has been named chief medical officer (CMO) of the Yale Medical Group (YMG), the physician practice of Yale University faculty. He has also been named associate dean for clinical affairs...
Aydin Arici Women with fibroids and endometriosis facing the possibility of hysterectomy may now choose less invasive treatment options to preserve fertility, according to Yale professor Aydin Arici, M.D.,...
Women under the age of 55 who have suffered a heart attack did not quickly seek treatment for a variety of reasons, including their uncertainty about whether non-traditional symptoms such as fatigue, indigestion, and shoulder and neck pain actually signal...
Drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly longer than those who received counseling alone, a Yale University study has found. The findings were reported in the...