Diarrhea-related diseases claim the lives of more than 1.5 million children each year, almost all in developing countries. Poor sanitary conditions, including contaminated water and food, are the major source of the bacteria and viruses that cause severe...
Three healthcare experts spent an hour and a half at a Yale School of Medicine panel on Sept. 16 striving to bring clarity to a national reform debate they all agreed has been obscure, frustrating and ultimately unenlightening.Yet the complexity of the...
Creating a video game to help teens avoid sex, drugs and alcohol use—behaviors that could lead to HIV infection—is the aim of a five-year, $3.9 million research grant to Yale from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human...
The majority of general surgery residents in the United States say they are satisfied with their training and confident of their ability to perform, but a significant number feel that the hours and stress are straining their family life, and many express...
Contrary to the prevailing view, the hormone leptin, which is critical for normal food intake and metabolism, appears to regulate bone mass and suppress appetite by acting mainly through serotonin pathways in the brain, according to a recent study...
Two Yale faculty members have been named MacArthur Foundation Fellows for 2009, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced. Mary Tinetti, M.D., the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health and...
Scientists have long known that calorie restriction increases longevity in animals but at an evolutionary cost – the animals become infertile. Yale University researchers report in the September 7 to 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Forty years ago, doctoral student Joel Rosenbaum asked this question: How are cilia, the tiny thread-like appendages protruding from most cells, formed from molecules in the interior of cells?The answer to this basic biology question asked by Rosenbaum,...
Many clinicians whose chronically or terminally ill patients might benefit from learning about hospice care are not having these discussions, according to recent findings by Yale School of Medicine researcher Terri Fried working with medical students John...
A new study led by a Yale School of Nursing researcher recommends changes in nursing schools and the work environment to reduce the number of novice nurses who opt to leave the profession.The article comes at a time when about 18% of newly licensed...