A Yale psychiatrist testing the use of magnetic stimulation for schizophrenics who hear voices says increasing the duration of stimulation produces longer periods of relief. The research by Ralph Hoffman, M.D., associate professor and assistant medical...
A therapeutic cocaine vaccine designed to suppress the high addicts get from taking cocaine is safe and produced cocaine antibodies in humans, a Yale study finds. Thomas Kosten, M.D., principal investigator on the phase 1 study, and his team...
A Yale study of elderly people found that 24 percent complained of recurring dizziness and that factors such as anxiety, depression and heart disease might cause dizziness. “This kind of dizziness is common,” said Mary Tinetti, M.D., professor of...
A new method of calculating oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere suggests that an increase more than 300 million years ago was caused by the rise and spread of trees and other vascular land plants, a Yale study finds. The new plant life produced dead...
A new method of calculating oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere suggests that an increase more than 300 million years ago was caused by the rise and spread of trees and other vascular land plants, a Yale study finds. The new plant life produced dead...
Yale research on the new protein Calcyon could lead to development of more effective drugs for conditions which are marked by dopamine deficiency, such as Parkinson’s, chronic schizophrenia and possibly attention deficit hyperactivity disorder....
The third annual Yale Native American Studies conference will be held March 31 to April 2 at the Yale University School of Law. In addition to the panel discussions and keynote addresses that form the core of the conference, the weekend’s activities...
Long committed to public interest law, the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP of New York has chosen four 1999 Yale Law School graduates to be among 27 new Skadden Fellows. Each Fellow in the two-year program will provide civil...
Yale University announced today that it will begin construction of a new $176 million building on Congress Avenue to house key research and state-of-the-art educational facilities for its medical school. The building is part of Yale’s commitment, also...
A new device that allows at-home testing for glaucoma, which is one of the leading causes of blindness around the world, has been designed by a Yale physician. M. Marc Abreu, M.D., said he hopes the Alcon Abreu Tonometry System will improve glaucoma...