The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (PRC), an academic-community partnership that promotes research and disease prevention, has been awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One of the new...
Yale University is joining with a Stanford University start up company, SKOLAR, in creating an Internet database and search system that will enable nurses across the globe to get instant expert information on patient care. The new venture, SKOLAR, RN is...
Non-overweight women who are vulnerable to the effects of stress are more likely to have excess abdominal fat, and have higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, a study conducted at Yale suggests.
While past studies have examined cortisol response in...
The Yale Physician’s Building Art Place will kick off a second exhibit with the work of Kosovo Refugee, Burim Myftiu and13 other artists on Friday, September 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. at 800 Howard Avenue. Myftiu, who arrived in the United States with just...
Treadmill and other tests to determine exercise capacity and blood flow to the heart may not provide accurate information about a patient’s quality of life, a study by Yale researchers shows. These findings are important because these test results are...
Marjorie Funk, a professor at the Yale School of Nursing and expert on health care technology, has been elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing, the profession’s highest honor. Funk will be inducted formally at the organization’s...
In an effort to focus on the importance of women’s health and disseminate research results on the health of women by Yale-affiliated researchers, Women’s Health Research at Yale will host a half-day professional conference starting at 11 a.m. on...
A gene present in about 1.6 percent of the general population places these persons at risk for a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder when they take the common antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or Bactrim(tm), Yale researchers have found. The...
Ten years after passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Yale researchers have used the largest disability survey ever conducted to examine the prevalence and impact of mental and physical disability in the United States. The team found...
Five Howard University students used the summer before their senior year to gain experience in nursing research at the Yale University School of Nursing. A combination of hands-on research, seminars and shadowing of advanced practice nurses, the program...
