A Yale research team has found that repeated use of cocaine causes changes in the brain that persist long after the drug is no longer used. “There have been no adequately effective treatments for cocaine addiction because we know very little about...
Renowned experts from around the country will convene in October to present innovative women’s health research as part of the second Yale Conference on Women’s Health & Fitness. The conference will run Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 21-23 at the Omni New...
The Tower One/Tower East housing complex and Yale School of Nursing are creating a program that will enable residents to stay healthier and protect their rights and well-being as they move through an increasingly complex health care system. Supported by...
Women with cancer-causing genes who choose lumpectomy and radiation therapy appear to have an increased risk of getting a second tumor in the treated breast five to 10 years after treatment, a Yale study finds. The results of this 14-year study,...
A drug that may protect the eye from damage caused by glaucoma, which is one of the leading causes of blindness around the world, soon will be administered at Yale Medical School in a clinical trial. M. Bruce Shields, M.D., chairman of the Department of...
The Yale School of Nursing is asking school children in New Haven to submit their designs for a holiday card for YSN on the theme of “caring.” The deadline for the art contest is Oct. 5. A single winner will be selected from three grade categories: K-...
Yale researchers will discuss the latest advances in detecting, treating and preventing breast cancer at a program being held Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the School of Medicine’s Jane Ellen Hope Building, Room 110, 315 Cedar Street. Featured...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala will deliver the Samuel O. Thier, M.D. Lecture on Health Policy on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 8:30 a.m., in Yale Medical School’s Fitkin Amphitheatre, 330 Cedar Street Entrance. Shalala will speak on...
The Yale School of Nursing has created a new publication, Yale Nursing Matters, which will highlight the school’s growing role in research, clinical practice and community outreach. The magazine’s debut issue was circulated Oct. 8 to graduates, the...
Yale and state scientists have developed a new, simpler and more reliable blood test to detect a recently discovered disease called ehrlichiosis, which is carried by deer ticks. The test will make it less cumbersome for patients with the telltale flu-...