In Regina de Luna’s home country of the Philippines, malaria is the eighth leading cause of death, a statistic that the rising Yale senior finds impossible to ignore.But what has made an even greater impression on de Luna is seeing people suffering from...
All photos by John Curtis, Yale School of Medicine.Senior clinical team member Kwame Atsina, YSM ‘12, examines a patient.Download high-resolution image.Junior clinical team member Joseph Patterson, YSM ‘14 with a patient.Download high-resolution image.TB...
For more than five years, the HAVEN Free Clinic has been providing health care to members of the New Haven community. HAVEN, run by Yale students in the health professions, is an invaluable resource for the Fair Haven community, which has large numbers of...
Children are being exposed to almost one advertisement every day for unhealthy food, beverage, and restaurant brands via product placements on prime-time TV, finds a study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The study — which is the...
An anti-psychotic drug commonly prescribed to patients with hard-to-treat post-traumatic stress disorder does not ease PTSD symptoms, according to a new study by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Yale School of Medicine.There are limited treatment...
A Yale University-led research team has discovered how reduced expression of a particular gene protects against obesity and type 2 diabetes, possibly prolonging lifespan by mimicking the effects of calorie restriction. The study appears in the August 3...
“Ancient Art, Modern Science: 200 Years of Medicine at Yale,” a new film created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Yale School of Medicine, can now be seen on Yale’s YouTube channel. Narrated by award-winning broadcaster Jane Pauley, the film...
New Haven, Conn. – A recent two-part study, published online in the Lancet, highlights the urgent need for high-income countries and international agencies to contribute towards the funding of interventions to tackle the significant unmet mental health...
Results of the largest genomics study of multiple sclerosis patients ever undertaken have identified more than two dozen new genetic variants linked to disease risk, including some previously implicated in other autoimmune diseases.The study, conducted by...
Nutrition-related health claims on children’s cereals are often misinterpreted by parents, causing them to infer that products with health claims are more nutritious overall despite actual nutrient quality, finds a study from the Rudd Center for Food...