Senior hospital managers influence efforts to improve quality of care, a Yale study reports in the current issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management. The study indicates that the culture of a hospital, as fostered by the hospital managers, may...
A drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, selegiline hydrochloride, also appears to help smokers quit smoking, according to a study at Yale. The study, published in the January 15 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, was conducted by Tony...
Functional impairment and laboratory abnormalities, combined with diseases, offer the most accurate prediction of which elderly persons are most likely to die within one year after being hospitalized, a Yale researcher has found. In a study published...
Financial ties among industry, scientific investigators and academic institutions can influence research outcomes, Yale researchers have found in a comprehensive study of financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research. “Our findings confirm...
Regular exercise, such as brisk walking, reduces total and intra-abdominal body fat among overweight and obese postmenopausal women, a study by a Yale researcher has found. “Previously sedentary postmenopausal women who exercised for more than 195...