The program, initiated in 2008 at Jimma University, has already provided 23 senior Ethiopian health care professionals with the necessary leadership skills and management tools to improve the quality of health care for the people of Ethiopia. Eighteen...
A new study led by researchers from Yale School of Medicine shows that enhancing activity of a gene in the mitochondria, the power plant of the cell, prevents damage that can trigger type 2 diabetes. The study appears in the December 1 issue of Cell...
Demonstrating its commitment to translational medicine, Yale Cancer Center has appointed Roy S. Herbst, M.D., Ph.D., who has had a distinguished career in the development of cancer therapies, to the positions of chief of medical oncology and associate...
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are about 40 percent more likely than other teens to be punished by school authorities, police and the courts, according to a study by Yale University researchers. Published in the January 2011 issue of the...
Women treated for breast cancer who have elevated levels of circulating insulin face substantially higher mortality rates than their peers with lower levels, according to a new study authored by a Yale School of Public Health researcher. The research is...
Yale President Richard C. Levin Tuesday named biochemist and innovative educator Scott Strobel as vice-president of West Campus Planning and Program Development, to oversee the second phase of growth at Yale’s 136-acre facility in West Haven.Strobel will...
Yale University researchers have found that a single molecule not only connects brain cells but also changes how we learn. The findings, reported in the December 9 issue of the journal Neuron, may help researchers discover ways to improve memory and could...
Nationally known breast cancer expert and director of the Yale-New Haven Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, Anees Chagpar, MD, is available to provide comment and insight on the new data presented on breast cancer at this week’s San Antonio Breast...
A Yale University researcher has found virus-like genetic material within samples of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and scrapie, a finding that challenges scientific consensus on the nature of these deadly brain-wasting diseases.Many scientists say that...
Serving cereals marketed as “children’s cereals” increases children’s total sugar consumption and reduces the nutritional quality of breakfast compared to serving low-sugar cereals, according to a new study conducted by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and...