Receptors in the brain that are highly sensitive to alcohol may function differently in a person with a family history of alcoholism, according to a Yale study published this month. The study included 45 healthy subjects, some with a family history of...
Yale researchers have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study bathing disability in elderly persons and ultimately to enhance safe and independent bathing among older persons. Disability in bathing-the need for...
A strong advocate for the protection of human subjects in research studies, Robert Lange, associate clinical professor of diagnostic radiology, died October 6 in New Haven at age 69. “Bob was a patient and caring teacher and scientist, as well as a...
Yale is participating in a $60 million national study to test whether state of the art imaging, other biological markers, and clinical and neuropsychological assessment, can be combined to measure the progression of mild cognitive impairment and early...
Blondes and redheads not only are more susceptible to skin cancer, but the source of their skin and hair pigmentation, melanin, actually magnifies the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays, according to a study published online this week in the...
Yale is recipient of a $5 million grant for what is believed to be a first of its kind study examining a possible link between stress-related psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and low birth weight and premature delivery. “Historically, there has been...
On November 17, Dennis Spencer, M.D., the Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine, will deliver the inaugural Robinson Memorial Lecture at Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds in the Brady Auditorium. The...
A Yale researcher is recipient of a $100,000 grant from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) for a project focusing on new antidepressant targets in the brain. The Independent Investigator grant awarded to Marina...
Martin E. Gordon, M.D., a distinguished member of the Yale School of Medicine’s class of 1946 and a clinical professor of medicine, has been awarded the Dean’s Peter Parker Medal for outstanding contributions to medicine and the well being of the Yale...
Susan E. Hardy, M.D., instructor in geriatric medicine at Yale School of Medicine, was recently awarded a 2004 Pfizer/Foundation for Health in Aging Junior Faculty Scholar Award for Research on Health Outcomes in Geriatrics. Hardy will receive $65,000...