National Women’s Health Week is May 9-15. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the goal of this nationwide initiative is to empower women to make their health a top priority and encourage them to take simple steps for a longer,...
Children with asthma are more likely to develop a range of health and social problems as they enter into adulthood, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The study is published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Health Economics...
A single, very unusual family with Tourette syndrome (TS) has led Yale School of Medicine researchers to identify a rare mutation in a gene that is required to produce histamine. The finding provides a new framework to understand many years of data on the...
The popular iPhone now offers a Lyme disease “app” that allows users to better protect themselves against the most prevalent insect-borne disease in the United States.Faculty and students at the Yale School of Public Health combined research data with...
Depression among economically disadvantaged mothers lasts well beyond the postpartum period, suggests a new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The study also finds that symptoms could improve with brief treatment.The results will be...