After a brutal winter, many motorcycle enthusiasts will soon be dusting off their rides to take advantage of balmier weather, but they don’t have to brush off their helmets because Connecticut does not have a mandatory helmet law. According to a new study...
A new study by the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) finds that middle-aged women who reported frequent instances of discrimination had significantly higher levels of one of the most toxic forms of fat-visceral, invisible fat — making them more...
Faced with the risk of developing side effects, even ones as mild as fatigue, nausea and fuzzy thinking, many older patients are willing to forego medications that provide only average benefit in preventing heart attack, according to a report by Yale...
Clinicians have often referred to ultrasound technology as the “stethoscope of the future,” predicting that as the equipment shrinks in size, it will one day be as common at the bedside as that trusty tool around every physician’s neck. According to a new...
As a child grows, a short stature is not usually cause for concern, but it is often the only sign of a condition called Turner syndrome. Prevalent in girls, Turner syndrome is a genetic defect that short-circuits normal growth and leads to cardiac and...
Boston Scientific Corporation has established a $1.7 million scholarship endowment for Yale School of Medicine. The “Donald S. Baim, M.D., ‘75 Scholarship Fund” will honor the late cardiology pioneer and graduate of Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Baim...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that excessive formation of calcium crystal deposits in the amniotic fluid may be a reason why some pregnant women suffer preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) leading to preterm delivery.This...
Yale University researchers have identified two novel genetic mutations that can trigger hypertension in up to a third of patients suffering from a common cause of severe high blood pressure, they report in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal Science.The...
The Yale School of Public Health’s Emerging Infections Program (EIP) is recruiting homeowners in nine Fairfield County towns (Bethel, Bridgewater, New Fairfield, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Weston, Westport and Wilton) to participate in the Lyme and...
When the body can’t distinguish its right side from its left during development, a child can develop a condition called heterotaxy in which the heart is severely malformed, leading to congenital heart disease. To improve survival in these children,...