A new study at Yale University School of Medicine has shown that the FDA-approved smoking cessation medication bupropion (Zyban) can help patients with schizophrenia stop smoking. Published in the July 1 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, the...
Thinking positively about getting older extends one’s life by seven-and-one half years, which is more than the longevity gained from low blood pressure or low cholesterol or by maintaining a healthy weight, abstaining from smoking and exercising...
One of a newer class of antipsychotic medications was successful and well tolerated for the treatment of serious behavioral disturbances associated with autistic disorder in children ages 5-17, according to a Yale study published this week in the New...
Gustaf E. Lindskog, M.D., the William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery and former chair of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, died on August 4 at age 99. Widely recognized for his contributions to the field of thoracic surgery, Lindskog taught at Yale...
Two new papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Yale researchers provide insights to measuring the amount of energy neurons (brain cells) use when a sensory or cognitive task is performed. Using a rat model, the researchers...
An international conference examining the ecological and health effects resulting from the use of chemical, biological and physical agents during the Vietnam War will take place at Yale University September 13-15, 2002. Titled “Yale Vietnam Conference...
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., will speak at Yale School of Medicine Wednesday, Aug. 28, from noon to 1 p.m. about a bill he is proposing to expand newborn screening. Dodd will give his address at Pediatric Grand Rounds, where presentations are made...
Yale University researchers have received a $3.4 million National Science Foundation grant to find a way of controlling plant diseases using the crops’ own infection-fighting mechanisms rather than pesticides. “Infectious plant diseases result in...
In the first large national study on the topic, Yale researchers found lower rates of cardiac catheterization, a diagnostic procedure used to assess blood flow to the heart, in women after a heart attack are only found in cases where the appropriateness...
A Yale chemistry professor, Alanna Schepartz, has received a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to enrich undergraduate education in chemistry by creating courses that expose students to the excitement and creativity of...