World-renowned neuroscientist Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, professor of neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and psychology at Yale University School of Medicine, died on July 31 at age 66. “Pat Goldman-Rakic was one of the most distinguished...
Women who have served in the military are up to four times more likely to become homeless when compared with women in the general population, a Yale researcher has found. One of three authors of the study, Robert Rosenheck, M.D., professor in the...
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded the Yale Child Study Center a $25,000 grant for evaluation of the “Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service” (IICAPS). IICAPS was developed at Yale in 1995 as a model of home-based...
Imaging studies have identified unique brain activity changes in men with pathological gambling when they viewed videotapes about betting on cards or rolling dice at a casino, a Yale study has found. The study, which is believed to be the first...
“Food Fight,” a new book by a Yale expert on nutrition and obesity, warns that today’s children might be the first generation in modern history to live shorter lives than their parents because of poor diet. “The food and physical activity environments...
The physicians of the Yale Medical Group, who provide patient services at several different locations in New Haven, will offer uninterrupted care in the event of a strike by unionized Yale University employees. Yale unions have scheduled a strike to...
Yale researchers have found evidence of a connection between Vietnam veterans’ exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange in Southeast Asia and the occurrence of birth defects and developmental disabilities in their children. Using data that only was made...
Naltrexone, a drug that blocks the effects of opiates in the brain and is now used to treat alcohol dependence, Yale researchers have found, is as effective when prescribed in doctors’ offices as it is when prescribed along with specialized alcoholism...