Aging HIV patients who also battle substance abuse and depression will benefit from a five-year $11,250,000 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to The Consortium to improve OutcoMes in hiv/AIDS, Alcohol, Aging, and multi-...
Yale School of Public Health researchers in collaboration with Russian scientists have discovered a new tick-borne bacterium that might be causing disease in the United States and elsewhere. Their findings appear in the journal Emerging Infectious...
When Nicole Gentili, a licensed clinical social worker, joined the Yale Child Study Center’s practice in Madison as director in July, she brought years of experience in individual, group and family therapy, psychosocial assessment and parenting support....
The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University has launched a new website aimed at helping parents navigate through the complex issues of school food. The new website, Rudd SPARK — Supporting Parent Advocates with Resources and Knowledge...
A center to train the public health workforce in Connecticut and Rhode Island will be established at the Yale School of Public Health, thanks to a new $2.6 million federal grant. The center will focus on helping workers learn the best ways to address...
A research team from Yale and the University of Connecticut has found that the cooling effect of menthol may actually cause people to smoke more and become addicted to cigarettes because it reduces the protective respiratory response to irritants in...
While for many years pregnant women have taken folic acid (folate) supplements to reduce the risk of certain birth defects, in recent years, it’s been suggested that folate may also increase the risk of other diseases, particularly allergies and asthma.A...
Women who discontinue using antidepressants during pregnancy do not appear to have greater risk of having a depressive episode during and after term than those who continue using medications, a new Yale University study shows.The new study published...
Beginning in the fall of 2012, the Yale University School of Nursing (YSN) will offer a new degree: the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.).“Not only is the D.N.P. program essential to align YSN’s academic initiatives with national trends and growing...