Confirming findings in a previous study, Yale researchers observed an altered availability of the dopamine transporter in healthy persons with a genetic variation linked to substance abuse and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “Healthy...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that female sexual dysfunction (FSD) affects 48.2 percent of women in a new study and that these women had decreased sensation in the clitoris, which increased...
Patients listening to their favorite music required much less sedation during surgery than did patients who listened to white noise or operating room noise, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published in May. The senior author, Zeev Kain, M.D...
By the time children are in second grade, they know to take what people say with a grain of salt, particularly when the statement supports the speaker’s self–interest, according to a published study by Yale researchers that was highlighted as an Editor’s...
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) today announced that of the six talented graduate students who will receive the Gilliam Graduate Fellowships for studies in the life sciences, two will attend Yale. The late James H. Gilliam Jr., a charter...
Patients disfigured in traumatic incidents are much more likely to suffer post traumatic stress disorder, unemployment, marital problems, binge drinking and depression, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. Although the study...
Written for people with heart disease and their families, “The Expert Guide to Beating Heart Disease: What You Absolutely Must Know” (HarperResource) by internationally recognized heart disease specialist and Yale School of Medicine professor Harlan M....
Yale Maternal–Fetal Medicine, a practice of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine, has launched a new First–Trimester Risk Assessment program that provides expectant parents with immediate results...
Using state of the art imaging technology a team from Yale School of Medicine has glimpsed one of the cell’s most important ‘nano–machines’ in action. The work, performed in collaboration with English and French scientists, provides new insight into the...
The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) at Yale School of Medicine, has launched a new website http://elderlife.med.yale.edu/public/public-main.php to address the needs of older patients about to be admitted to the hospital. Aimed at clinicians and...