Researchers have found a metabolic pathway that is highly correlated with immune responses to COVID-19 among male patients, a group known to be more likely to suffer severe cases and die of the disease. An understanding of this relationship could offer a...
Yale researchers have identified significant differences in how the immune systems of women and men respond to the virus that causes COVID-19.
In a study launched by Women’s Health Research at Yale and published Aug. 28 in Nature, the authors revealed...
Researchers have found that colon cancer tumor cells produce energy for growth differently in women and men, and that this difference is associated with a more aggressive form of tumor growth with a higher incidence in women.
In a study published today in...
For two decades, Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) Director Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., has prompted change in how investigators at the university focus on the “who” and “what” of health research.
As she looks across research institutions today, she...
Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) today announced funding for first-of-their-kind studies on pain relief, cannabis, and the genetic basis of sex differences across a broad range of ailments, including Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease.
“We are...
Children born in poverty often experience negative consequences over the course of their lives and pass on the same disadvantages to their own children.
Now a new initiative introduced at Yale aims to break the cycle of poverty by focusing first on the...
Women age 55 and younger are less likely to exhibit the classic symptoms and underlying mechanisms of a heart attack commonly observed in men. This can leave women undiagnosed and at great risk.
But a new study, sponsored by Women’s Health Research at...
Researchers at Yale and the University of California-San Francisco have found that few medical devices are analyzed to consider the influence of their users’ sex, age, or race on safety and effectiveness.
The findings are published in JAMA Internal...
Women’s Health Research at Yale (WHRY) today announced funding for studies of colon cancer, viral infections during pregnancy, and intimate partner violence.“Through our competitive peer review process, these three studies stood out as extremely promising...