A review by a committee of international scientists, and chaired by a Yale researcher, has found no evidence that caffeine in over-the-counter pain relievers leads to dependence. A possible link between caffeine in analgesics, such as aspirin and...
Religion, communication and control take precedence over physical symptoms and functioning at the end of life for some terminally ill patients, Yale researchers suggest in a new book, which examines the complex issues surrounding death and dying. “Our...
In two studies, Yale researchers have demonstrated for the first time that two genes, Interleuken-13 (IL-13) and gamma-interferon, cause pulmonary emphysema. Using “transgenic” mice that were genetically engineered to express these genes in the adult...
Yale researchers have designed a cost-saving program that helps prevent older patients from declining physically and mentally while hospitalized. The problem of functional and mental decline is increasingly important since patients aged 65 and older...
Suzanne Bakken, professor of nursing and medical informatics at Columbia University, will speak at the Yale University School of Nursing on December 6, at noon, about “An Informatics Infrastructure for Evidence-based Practice.” Her work has focused on...