Researchers from Yale Cancer Center and other institutions are the first to demonstrate how distinct groups of cells from the same tumor are capable of forming tumors. Their findings, which appear January 1 in the journal Cancer Research, could impact the...
In the wake of last week’s attempted attack on an airplane above the skies of Detroit, millions of people are facing heightened levels of fear, worry and anxiety as they prepare to fly.Yale University offers a renowned expert in these conditions to speak...
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that people suffering from thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) may be at significantly greater risk of having an intracranial aneurysm (ICA) at the same time. Their study appears in the online edition of The...
Over the past seven years a series of studies have shown that free telephone quitlines help people stop smoking. Now a new study by researchers at Yale Cancer Center and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, published online Jan. 7 in the Journal of...
Stress induces signals that cause cells to develop into tumors, Yale researchers have discovered. The research, published online Jan. 13 in the journal Nature, describes a novel way cancer takes hold in the body and suggests new ways to attack the deadly...
New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people’s cultural values influence how risky they perceive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be and thus, their views on whether or not the vaccine should...
Sons of adolescent fathers are nearly twice as likely to perpetuate the cycle of young parenthood and become teenage dads themselves, a new study by the Yale School of Public Health has found.Previous studies have documented the intergenerational cycle of...
Four Yale professors have been elected by their peers in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as fellows in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.They are: Mark...
Not many parents can say they have never given their kids an antibiotic or a pharmaceutical pain-relief medication for an ear infection or sore throat, but first-year medical resident Dr. Aviva Romm can.In fact, when her son, a second-year medical student...
Art and science will mingle on Friday, Jan. 29, when a performance of “Lil’s 90th” at the Long Wharf Theatre will follow a forum on Alzheimer’s disease.Top Yale scientists will be featured speakers at “Global Health & The Arts: A Forum on Alzheimer’s...