Yale researchers investigating the genetic causes of blood pressure variation have identified a previously undescribed syndrome associated with seizures, a lack of coordination, developmental delay and hearing loss.The findings, published this week in...
Yale University and the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute based in Garrison, NY, have announced the establishment of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy — a collaboration designed to increase the range, depth...
Yale’s collaboration with other research centers will help determine the best way to treat diabetes in childrenThe University has been named co-chair of the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium (PDC), comprised of six leading clinical facilities. The PDC will be...
As anyone who has broken a bone knows, removing the cast can be one of the most stressful parts of the ordeal - especially for a child.Traditional oscillating saws are noisy, seem to take forever, and can get hot enough to potentially cause third-degree...
Two Yale postdoctoral scientists, Oscar R. Colegio and Kristina M. Herbert, were among 13 designated as Dam Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellows.The foundation provides funds to the nation’s most promising young cancer researchers so they can pursue...
Dr. Robert J. Alpern has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Yale School of Medicine, effective July 1, President Richard C. Levin has announced.Alpern, who came to Yale in 2004, has helped lead the medical school through a period...
The helpless behavior that is commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related losses of synapses—microscopic connections between brain cells—in the brain’s hippocampal region, researchers at Yale...
Yale scientists and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have discovered genetic variants that increase the risk of paranoia in cocaine addicts and also seem to affect risk for cocaine dependence itself,...
A popular smoking cessation drug dramatically reduced the amount a heavy drinker will consume, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found. Heavy-drinking smokers in a laboratory setting were much less likely to drink after taking the drug varenicline...
In a study that gives insight into the depth of stigmatization against overweight and obese people, a Yale University-led team of researchers found weight bias even among those studying to be dieticians. The research appears in the March issue of the...