Gerald Friedland A highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis (TB) has been linked to HIV/AIDS in a study conducted in rural South Africa by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.Published in the October...
James C. Tsai, M.D. James C. Tsai, M.D., M.B.A., an authority on glaucoma, has been named chair of the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. As chair, Tsai will be...
Acute lung injury caused by cell death, high and potentially toxic concentrations of oxygen (hyperoxia), and the resulting excess fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), may be controlled by modulating levels of the angiopoietin2 (Ang2) protein, researchers...
Heart attack patients who also have another acute condition such as stroke, kidney failure and pneumonia may have a poorer outcome than those without these conditions, and those with the most severe conditions account for a disproportionate percentage of...
A detailed study of 520 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and dissection indicates a very strong genetic link, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.“All immediate family of patients with aneurysms of any...
The amygdala is a central processing station in the brain for emotions, but Yale researchers report that the amygdala also plays a role in working memory, a higher cognitive function critical for reasoning and problem solving...
Global health inequalities are substantial, growing, and influenced by economic, social and health-sector variables as well as geography, a study concludes in the November issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.“Particularly disturbing...
Hospitals that provide the most rapid emergency angioplasty have specific strategies to expedite the care of patients with heart attacks, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the November 13 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).The...
Asian Indian men are at increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus because of chronic liver disease rather than obesity, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November 13 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Yale School of Medicine has received $6.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to study why the olfactory function declines as people age—research that could have implications for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases....