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...
Renowned experts from around the country will present innovative women’s health research as part of the Third Yale Conference on Women’s Health & Fitness. The conference will run Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 26-28 at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, 155...
Brain scans of children born prematurely show key areas of the brain are much smaller than those of children born at full-term, a study by Yale researchers has found. The researchers conducted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on 25 eight-year-olds...
Cancer epidemiologist Sir Richard Doll, who was the first to identify smoking as a leading cause of lung cancer, will receive the C-E.A. Winslow Medal from Yale University Oct. 19. The award is the first Winslow medal conferred by the School of Medicine...
Melasyn(tm), a water soluble, synthetic melanin that was first developed as a skin cancer preventative by Yale School of Medicine researcher, John Pawelek and his colleagues, has now hit the national cosmetics market as the key ingredient in a make-up...
Teasing people about their general appearance, more so than making fun of their weight and size, may play a role in binge eating disorder, a study by Yale researchers shows. “What we discovered from interviewing women with binge eating disorder is that...
A national survey of 3,000 adults on what they know about child development shows serious gaps in basic knowledge, says a Yale psychiatrist and president of a group that acted as the chief scientific collaborator on the survey. Kyle Pruett, M.D., a...
