A new therapy for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) that delivers treatment through a light wrapped around a patient’s knee is being tested by Yale researcher Dan Oren, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Oren, an expert...
Contrary to popular belief, melatonin does not shift circadian rhythms when taken for conditions like jet lag, but it can promote sleep if taken in the evening, a study by Yale researchers has found. Circadian rhythms are 24-hour rhythms generated by a...
Leptin, a hormone considered critical in body weight regulation and obesity, also might play a role in diabetic eye disease, a study by Yale researchers shows. Leptin is known to exist in fatty tissue, in the placenta, ovaries, mammary glands, gastric...
Certified Nurse Midwife Saraswathi Vedam will speak on “Home Birth in the United States,” on November 9 at 7 p.m., at the Yale University School of Nursing. Vedam has been attending births for 18 years both in hospitals and homes. She is a charter...
Yale School of Medicine Dean David Kessler, M.D. will join Yale diabetes researchers on Nov. 1 to announce the opening of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Center for the Study of Hypoglycemia at Yale University. The press conference...
Patients about to undergo their first elective angioplasty to clear a coronary artery tended to minimize the risks and overestimate the benefits, a study by Yale researchers has found. “I don’t know what happened when they discussed the procedure with...
Women who wore a virtual reality headset during a painful surgical procedure for infertility found the soothing scenes and music reduced their anxiety and discomfort, a study by a Yale researcher shows. Steven Palter, M.D., assistant professor and...
The trauma that a majority of drug addicts suffer in early life has now been shown to increase their vulnerability to drug addiction, Yale researchers report in a new study. “Using well-established animal models, we’ve found strong evidence that early...
Protein toxins found in bacteria that are the most common culprit in food poisoning attack and destroy DNA, a study by Yale researchers shows. The finding, published in the journal Science, is significant because little is known about how these bacteria...
Yale University has been awarded $4.6 million from the Human Brain Project to help organize the huge volume of neuroscience research data being generated by scientists. The Human Brain Project, which is coordinated by the National Institute of Mental...
