Effective reading intervention given to reading disabled children at an early age can change the brain system that underlies skilled reading and improve reading fluency and comprehension, researchers at Yale report. “Our results indicate that neural...
Yale researchers have found that the brain can unconsciously differentiate between social stimuli (pictures of faces), and non-social stimuli (pictures of objects), using a primitive visual pathway that terminates in the amygdala. “These results...
Yale University will host a symposium, April 15-17, to explore the image-making processes through history and across cultural boundaries, comparing communication in ancient, medieval, and modern medicine in Eastern and Western medical cultures. Medicine...
Roger Longman, co-founder and managing partner of Windhover Information, Inc., will kick off the revived Biohaven Speaker Series with a talk titled “Trends in Pharma-Biotech Deal making” April 21 at 5 p.m. in the foyer and lecture hall of The Anlyan...
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) will host a symposium, “Celebrating the Contributions of Academic Midwifery,”April 29-30, and, at the same time, mark the retirement of Helen Varney Burst after 41 years of teaching and practicing midwifery. The symposium...
About four out of every five newly disabled people regain the ability to live independently within six months of their disabling event, a higher recovery rate than previously reported, according to a study at Yale. While this is a positive result, the...
Researchers at Yale and Rockefeller Universities have found that ongoing changes in the appetite center of the brains of adult animals may explain why no successful medical strategies for long-lasting weight loss in humans have been developed. The team...
Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell will present “The Connecticut Treasure Award” to former Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dean Florence Wald, founder of the American Hospice Movement, April 19 at 12:15 p.m. “The Connecticut Treasure Award honors individuals who are the...
Yale School of Medicine, as part of a new emphasis on teaching clinical skills, has created seven examination rooms to teach medical students and residents how to conduct a physical exam and interview and counsel patients. A reception celebrating the...
Protein molecules that help maintain a healthy body temperature, electrolyte balance, respiration, heart rate, and other critical functions, also appear to regulate weight and fertility, according to Yale researchers. STAT3 proteins are regulatory...
