The population in group health private insurance is becoming older and wealthier at a rate greater than the population overall, which could add pressure to an already strained health insurance system, according to a Yale School of Medicine study.This...
The People’s Republic of China will bar foreigners who are obese from adopting Chinese children, several international adoption agencies are reporting. The ban, scheduled to go into effect May 1, has other restrictions eliminating prospective parents who...
Cary P. Gross When Medicare was expanded to cover screening for colorectal cancer, the percentage of patients diagnosed with the disease increased and the use of colonoscopy may have played a pivotal role,...
Miguel Coca-Prados Glaucoma researcher Miguel Coca-Prados, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at Yale School of Medicine, recently completed a professorship at Pfizer’s Groton Laboratories as...
Robert Heimer For injection drug users, the most productive and cost-effective approach to managing the spread of HIV is expanding syringe exchange and drug treatment, as well as promoting antiretroviral...
Massage therapy is a safe and effective way to reduce pain and improve function in adults with osteoarthritis of the knee, researchers at the Yale Prevention Research Center and at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) report in...
Harvey Risch, M.D. Cancer gene mutations are found in about one percent of the total general population, occurring more frequently than previously thought, and may be associated with various types of...
Joan Steitz “Beyond Bias and Barriers: The National Academy of Sciences Report on Women in Academic Science and Engineering” will be the topic of a panel discussion to be presented by the Women Faculty...
Runner Christian McEvoy, who left San Francisco five months and nearly 3,500 miles ago to raise awareness and funds for cancer survivors at the Yale Cancer Center (YCC), is due to arrive in New Haven December 12.Beginning with a ceremonial 1.5 mile run...
Voluntary screening for HIV should be a routine part of the medical care of all adults, not just those at high risk, according to a study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine.The team reports in the December 5 Annals of Internal Medicine that...