Two Yale scientists have received a 2010 Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health, given annually to scientists doing innovative and potentially groundbreaking research.Haifan Lin, director of the Yale Stem Cell Center, and Tamas Horvath,...
U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut will hold a hearing at Yale University on Monday, July 26, on “The State of the American Child: What’s Working for Connecticut’s Children.” The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. at the Yale Child Study Center,...
A new Yale University study reveals that gender plays an important role in determining the risk of specific psychiatric illnesses in children of alcoholics. The gender of both the alcoholic parent and the child were key factors in the types of disorders...
A team of Yale researchers have identified a genetic marker that can help predict the risk of developing ovarian cancer, a hard to detect and often deadly form of cancer.Reporting online in the July 20 edition of the journal Cancer Research, the team...
A Yale University study of the health problems of people infected with HIV reveals that those who also have substance abuse problems are at greater risk for other serious illnesses than those who do not— primarily because the substance abuse leads to...
In the hope of stemming one of the biggest public health crises in Southeast Asia, Yale is partnering with the University of Malaya to fight the spread of HIV among drug users in Malaysia who are completing prison terms and transitioning back into the...
As the life expectancy of Americans increases, learning how to prevent or delay age-related physical disability has become a major health priority.Yale is one of eight centers in the country that will study whether physical activity and other lifestyle...
An institute named for Yale psychologist and pediatrian Dr. Arnold Gesell (1880-1961), a pioneer in the field of child development, will mark its 60th anniversary.The Gesell Institute of Human Development is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping...
Addictive behaviors in women involving tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs and overeating will be the focus of a new five-year, $2.5 million faculty training grant awarded to Yale University researchers in the Department of Psychiatry.The grant, funded by the...
Yale believes the humane use of animals in research is more than justified by the benefits it yields to humankind. Virtually all medical advances of the last century would have been impossible without animal research. From antibiotics and blood...