The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded $11 million to Yale over five years to establish a clinical trials network aimed at testing, refining and disseminating drug addiction treatments into communities. Yale is one of five grant...
A Yale researcher studying the makeup of a gene responsible for a rare premature aging disease has been named recipient of The Paul Beeson Scholar Award. The American Federation for Aging Research made the faculty development award to Fuki Hisama,...
Ehrlichiosis, a recently described disease that causes flu-like symptoms similar to Lyme disease, is now the second most common tick-transmitted ailment in southeastern Connecticut, a Yale study shows. Ehrlichiosis causes symptoms such as headache,...
The job market for radiologists, the physicians who interpret X-ray, ultrasound and other types of imaging tests, is stronger than ever, a Yale study shows. “Radiology has continued to increase as a total percent of the health care economy with the...
Scientists and executives from top universities and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies will speak about the emerging field of pharmacogenetics at Yale University April 25. The Third Annual Genaissance Pharmacogenetics Lectures, “Pharmacogenetics...
A Yale epidemiologist participated in an Institute of Medicine committee which has found that antioxidants’ role in preventing chronic disease is still uncertain and large doses may lead to health problems rather than offer benefits. The report is the...
Yale researchers have for the first time used functional MRI to study brain organization in persons with autism and Asperger Syndrome and found that they perceive faces as if they were objects. “This may be a result of a lifelong disinterest in people,...
Yale has received a $3 million grant from a Swiss family to study borderline personality disorder as well as other personality disorders. The three-year grant was made by the Personality Disorder Research Foundation, which is based in New York City and...
Older workers who lose their jobs suffer more health problems than those who remain employed, a Yale study shows. “Some believe that job loss at older ages may be less devastating because workers are nearing retirement; in contrast, our study suggests...
A new liposuction method for the neck and jowls using several tiny incisions and a syringe is more precise and helps guard against extracting too much fat, a Yale study shows. The technique involves making five very small incisions, instead of only one...