Amy Arnsten, a professor of neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine who is studying a genetic basis for schizophrenia, has received the Distinguished Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD).The...
Based on everything from name calling to losing a job, perceived discrimination against overweight people is on the rise, according to a study by Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The study published in Obesity is believed to be the...
A genetic mutation in a gene that is a marker for asthma severity may also play a role in causing the disease, researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Chicago report today in the New England Journal of Medicine.“We know from a recent...
Based on everything from name calling to losing a job, perceived discrimination against overweight people is on the rise, according to a study by Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The study published in Obesity is believed to be the...
Airway nerve cells exposed to chlorine. Bright color indicates excitation of some nerve cells. Inhaling chlorine triggers a nerve receptor that protects healthy people by inducing sneezing, coughing, and...
Disaster planning and response, including preparations for special populations, will be the topic of a conference April 17-18 sponsored by the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Yale School of Public Health. “Community Preparedness:...
Yale School of Medicine has overhauled its financial aid policy with a major boost in aid to middle-income families by eliminating the required parental contribution for families making up to $100,000 per year, medical school Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D.,...
A 3p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the interactive “Medical Inventions and Innovations” exhibit is the first in a series of events on Wednesday, April 16 that coincide with the 60th annual lecture sponsored by the Cushing/Whitney...
Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., professor of internal medicine and cellular & molecular physiology at the Yale School of Medicine, is the 2008 recipient of the Stanley J. Korsmeyer award for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of insulin...
Fertility experts like Pasquale Patrizio, M.D. of the Yale School of Medicine have long been interested in understanding why so few human eggs harvested during in vitro fertilization result in pregnancies.“The two big questions are why so few eggs produce...