Focusing on how children learn and develop rather than on the delivery of information is critical in making schools successful, says James Comer, M.D., the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University Child Study Center. “We are now...
Measuring blood flow to the brain may be a useful way to determine when a recovering cocaine addict is able to benefit from cognitive behavior therapy as a treatment for cocaine addiction, a Yale researcher has found. Cocaine constricts coronary and...
Most women in underserved populations do not continue breastfeeding after four months because they lack the confidence they will do so, and they think their infants prefer formula, a study by Yale researchers shows. Of the 64 women who participated in...
The pin dot-sized deer ticks responsible for more than 100,000 cases of Lyme disease nationwide are now found to carry yet another new and infectious organism, a Yale researcher has found. “We report here, for the first time, the existence of a...
Dorothy Sexton, creator of the Yale School of Nursing’s (YSN) Medical-Surgical Nursing Program and leader in the development of the school’s doctoral program, will retire in May after 27 years. Sexton is known as an exemplary mentor and an accomplished...
Depression has a far larger impact on ‘presenteeism’ or reduced productivity while at work, than on absenteeism, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. “The findings...
Cigarette smokers interested in quitting are invited to join a six-week, research treatment study at Yale School of Medicine that combines the nicotine patch and naltrexone, a medication used to help fight addictions. All participants will receive the...
The use of home monitors to detect prolonged cessation of breathing or a slower than normal heart rate in infants are not an effective means of preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a study by a Yale researcher has found. “This study certainly...
New research at Yale in cancer, brain disorders, cardiovascular disease, developmental disorders and organ transplantation will be advanced with $17.6 million in grants from the New Clinical Program Development Fund (the Fund). The Fund is a joint...
Adult stem cells that can create new liver, lung, gastrointestinal and skin cells, and possibly any other organ in the body, have been discovered in bone marrow, according to a newly-published study by a Yale researcher and collaborators. “This is the...