The physicians of the Yale Medical Group, who provide patient services at several different locations in New Haven, will offer uninterrupted care during the pending one week strike March 3-7 by unionized Yale University employees. David Leffell, M.D.,...
Ghrelin, a peptide originally found to be produced by the stomach and which induces growth hormone release, appetite and food intake, is also expressed in the hypothalamic appetite center of the brain, according to a Yale researcher. “Ghrelin-...
Barry L. Zaret, M.D., chief of Yale cardiovascular medicine, has named Carl S. Feen chairman of the board for The Yale Cardiovascular Research Fund. “Feen’s lifelong commitment to service to others is now extending into health care, specifically...
As part of its Wake the Dream program, Yale University Library Human Resources will sponsor a talk on the life and times of Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first African-American graduate of Yale College and the first African-American to receive a...
Parents allowed in the operating room while their children were being anesthesized experienced a racing heart rate and sweaty palms, but did not register any abnormalities on their electrocardiograms (EKG), a Yale study has found. “The heart rate of...
The majority of low birth weight infants show improvements over time in verbal and IQ scores, Yale researchers report in the February 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. “These are among the first results to show that the...
Twenty percent of people with epilepsy will eventually develop seizures that are resistant to medication, even if they have experienced long periods with no seizures at all, according to a study led by a Yale researcher.
The large multi-center trial...