Yale School of Medicine is one of 10 schools that are receiving a total of $5 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for its Clinical Research Fellowship program. Established four years ago, the Clinical Research Fellowship program is the...
Blocking a key molecule protects breast implants, permanent catheters, pacemakers, artificial joints, glucose sensors for diabetics, and other biomaterials from rejection and damage by the body, according to a study published this month in The American...
A child’s level of anxiety prior to surgery is predictive of whether they will experience post-surgical delirium and maladaptive behavioral changes, including anxiety, nighttime crying, and bedwetting, according to a Yale study published in the journal...
The ten 2004 Senior Scholars in Global Infectious Disease recently announced by the Ellison Medical Foundation in Bethesda, MD, include three Yale investigators: Jorge Galán, Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbiology and Chair of the Section of...
The ten 2004 Senior Scholars in Global Infectious Disease recently announced by the Ellison Medical Foundation in Bethesda, MD, include three Yale investigators: Jorge Galán, Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbiology and Chair of the Section of...
Direct field evidence shows that Lyme disease in humans can be prevented by vaccinating wildlife, researchers in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
The drug methylphenidate (brand name Ritalin) increased activity in brains of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as well as those with a reading disorder, researchers at Yale report in the American Journal of Psychiatry. “...
A region of the brain associated with emotional responses, the amygdala, is linked to a measure of unconscious race bias, especially when responding to faces presented subliminally, according to a study by researchers at Yale. The study in the journal...
Delayed enrollment in hospice can result in increased depression among family members after the death of their loved one, according to a study by Yale researchers published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The study followed over 200 family...
Michael H. Merson, M.D., the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health has announced that he will step down as Dean of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) effective December 31, 2004. Merson came to Yale in...