Curtis Patton Yale will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the graduation of Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, M.D., the first African American student to graduate from Yale, on June 1 and 2, beginning with a reception at...
Charles J. Lockwood, M.D. Charles J. Lockwood, M.D., the Anita O’ Keefe Young Professor of Women’s Health and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine, has...
The nighttime breathing disorder known as sleep apnea increases a person’s risk of having a heart attack or of dying by 30 percent over a period of four to five years, according to a Yale School of Medicine study.These findings and another Yale study...
Children’s resistance to scientific explanations is based in what they know and how much they trust the person who told them, Yale researchers report in Science this month.The resistance will continue into adulthood if the scientific claims are challenged...
State regulations requiring equal insurance coverage for mental illness does not increase usage and reduces out-of-pocket expenditures for families who have children with mental illness, a Yale School of Medicine study reports in the journal Health...
Eight distinguished members of the Yale University faculty were named among the 203 newly elected Fellows and 24 new Foreign Honorary Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members are nominated and elected to...
Yale Cancer Center Director Dr. Richard L. Edelson announced the appointment of Daniel DiMaio, M.D., PhD, to Scientific Director of the Center. In this role, DiMaio will have broad oversight of all basic science research within Yale Cancer Center (YCC).“...
Katarzyna Chawarska Toddlers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often have difficulty focusing on people’s faces and making eye contact, but a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers found that...
New Haven, Conn. — Yale Cancer Center physicians have presented clinical recommendations for the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of superior vena cava syndrome in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.The article in Clinical Practice...
New Haven, Conn. — Those who most need medical care in Korea but can afford it least spend a greater percentage of their income on health services, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published in the American Journal of Public Health. “Low-...