A study by Yale researchers suggests that the atypical antipsychotic drug risperidone reduces tic symptoms in children and adults with Tourette syndrome (TS). “These results suggest that risperidone is safe and effective for short-term treatment of tics...
Charles Alderson Janeway, Jr., M.D., professor of immunobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator died on April 12 at age 60 in New Haven after a long illness. Janeway was one of the leading...
A molecule that destroys blood vessels in tumors also is effective against blood vessels associated with macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness after age 55, according to a collaborative study by scientists at Yale University and the...
When “rogue” proteins begin wreaking havoc within cells, the result is diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. Scientists at Yale University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at California...
A new study of low-carbohydrate diets published in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association shows that carbohydrate content in a person’s diet is not associated with weight loss. “We found that calorie content and how long you’re on the...
The Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry is offering 12 weeks of free cognitive behavioral therapy for major depression as part of a study to measure possible changes in brain chemistry associated with treatment. The neurotransmitter GABA...
The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) has awarded 13 grants totaling close to $780,000 to Yale School of Medicine psychiatric researchers. Yale received the second largest number of awards this year out of all...
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) will hold a fundraising event today for the newly created “Creative Writing Award” from 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the New Haven Country Club, 160 Hartford Turnpike in New Haven. Distinguished Yale surgeon and noted...
A memorial service will be held April 19 for Ira Richard Levine, M.D., an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and an attending psychiatrist on the Dual Diagnosis Unit of Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. Levine,...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) has chosen the Yale School of Medicine as one of four institutions that will train participants in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program for 10 years beginning in 2005. Yale has been an RWJ...
