In a study of mothers with a history of preeclampsia, a hypertension complication in pregnancy affecting five percent of all women, researchers at Yale have found that these women have an increased lifetime risk for cardiovascular illness and death. “...
David McCormick, a professor of neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine, has received the Senator Jacob Javits Award in the Neurosciences for his proposal to study the basic operational mechanisms of the cerebral cortex. The Javits award is made by...
Low doses of the environmental contaminant bisphenol–A (BPA), widely used to make many plastics found in food storage containers, including feeding bottles for infants, can impair brain function, leading to learning disabilities and age–related...
An area of the brain that activates when looking at faces does not respond the same way when perceiving other very familiar objects, according to a study by Yale researchers in the journal Neuropsychologia. “We humans are all face experts,” said Yaoda...
Recurrent miscarriage, stillbirth, preeclampsia, poor fetal growth, preterm delivery and bleeding in pregnancy are influenced by low levels of the anti–clotting proteins Z and S, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the March issue of Journal of...
Yale School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, is holding an information session April 9 titled “Neuroscience 2005: A Symposium on Stress, Risk, and Recovery.” Mental health...
There are many risks associated with smoking, but some smokers, particularly women, believe there are also risks associated with quitting, according to a study by Yale researchers in the March issue of Addictive Behaviors. The perception of risks–gaining...
The Yale (Bush) Center in Child Development and Social Policy, one of the nation’s oldest centers for child and family policy research, has been renamed the Edward Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy. The new name honors its founder,...
Young adults who take virginity pledges as adolescents are as likely to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases as those who do not take virginity pledges, Yale and Columbia University researchers report in the March 18 issue of Journal of...
Hal Blumenfeld, M.D., an assistant professor of neurology, neurobiology and neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine, has received the Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award for his research on epilepsy and impaired consciousness. The award is made by the American...