Financial ties among industry, scientific investigators and academic institutions can influence research outcomes, Yale researchers have found in a comprehensive study of financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research. “Our findings confirm...
Senior hospital managers influence efforts to improve quality of care, a Yale study reports in the current issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management. The study indicates that the culture of a hospital, as fostered by the hospital managers, may...
Jonathan Spence, the Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and a renowned authority on modern Chinese history, has been elected to serve as the president of the American Historical Association for the 2004-2005 term. Recognized as one of...
As a forthcoming exhibition at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library testifies, the law has long been a prominent theme in children’s literature. The exhibition, titled “Juvenile Jurisprudence: Law in Children’s Literature,” presents four...
A drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, selegiline hydrochloride, also appears to help smokers quit smoking, according to a study at Yale. The study, published in the January 15 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, was conducted by Tony...
Functional impairment and laboratory abnormalities, combined with diseases, offer the most accurate prediction of which elderly persons are most likely to die within one year after being hospitalized, a Yale researcher has found. In a study published...
Vulvodynia, a gynecological condition characterized by constant or recurring complaints of vulvar itching, burning and/or painful sexual intercourse, is the subject of an ongoing study at Yale School of Medicine. “For years, women experiencing...
Stephen Fleck, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry and in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine, died on December 19 at age 90. Fleck and his principal co-investigator, Theodore Lidz, worked from the late...
Yale’s Bright Beginnings program has received a $25,000 grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to help maintain the program and to replicate its success throughout the Greater New Haven community. The grant was funded through the...
Senior executives from Connecticut businesses will discuss how traffic congestion hurts economic growth and the natural environment on Thursday, January 30, at 4:15 p.m. at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The panel titled, “...