Drug abuse among women will be the focus of a new five-year, $2.5 million faculty training grant recently awarded to Yale University researchers in the Department of Psychiatry. The grant, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National...
A Yale research team has transplanted stem cells from a primate to repair the protective sheath around the spinal cord in the same animal, an accomplishment that some day could help people with spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis. “The concept...
Anna Deavere Smith, the actress, playwright and teacher known for her ability to converse and listen to others and then transform the conversations into startling, introspective dramas, will teach and perform at Yale School of Medicine November 15-18....
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...
