The human immune system, an elegant and intricate biological defense system unmatched in most life forms, may have evolved from a mobile piece of DNA that inserted itself into the mammalian genome more than 450 million years ago. A team of researchers...
David A. Kessler, M.D., J.D., dean of Yale University’s School of Medicine and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.), has accepted an invitation from The Mayday Fund to serve as honorary chairman of its newly formed National...
Beta-blockers are not prescribed for many older patients who could benefit from their use after heart attacks, according to an article in the Aug. 19 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In fact, the study found that only...
Although resuscitation is often used with patients suffering from severe congestive heart failure, nearly one in four of those patients who were hospitalized said they did not wish to be resuscitated if their hearts stopped beating, according to a study...
U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., will visit the genetic counseling and testing center at the Yale School of Medicine to highlight the need for legislation to safeguard the privacy of genetic information. Such legislation would protect...
Using “knockout” mice – a strain of mice in which a single gene is disabled in order to observe its role during development – researchers at the Yale School of Medicine and Vertex Pharmaceuticals have discovered that an enzyme called Caspase-9 plays...
More than 300 teachers, principals, parents and policy-makers interested in school-based child care are expected to attend the ninth annual School of the 21st Century conference, titled “Schools as Family and Community Resources: Ten Years of Experience...
More than one-third of the sickest infants examined recently in an urban hospital emergency department tested positive for cocaine exposure, according to a Yale School of Medicine study. The finding suggests that passive exposure to crack-cocaine...
More than one-third of the sickest infants examined recently in an urban hospital emergency department tested positive for cocaine exposure, according to a Yale School of Medicine study. The finding suggests that passive exposure to crack-cocaine...
A team of Yale researchers has found that teaching coping skills to adolescents with diabetes significantly improves their metabolic control over the disease as well as their overall quality of life. The study has won the Applied Nursing Research Award...