There are 550 different therapeutic techniques for treating children with emotional problems, but a new book by a Yale psychologist says little is known about what works, why, and for whom. Knowing what works is important because 10 percent of three-to-...
Yale scientists have discovered that the growth of brain cells, which normally ends in adolescence, can be re-stimulated in mature neurons with a molecular mechanism known as Notch signaling. Because Notch signaling also may be involved in the...
Yale Medical School researchers will examine why some smokers are resistant to current smoking cessation treatments with a $10 million grant from The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and The Robert Wood Johnson...
Yale medical and public health students who, during the past summer have studied everything from unexplained deaths in Brazil to female condoms in Kenya, will report their research findings and give descriptions of their overseas study sites on Wednesday...
The Yale Eye Center in collaboration with the National Eye Institute (NEI), one of the National Institutes of Health, are sponsors of the VISION exhibit, which aims to educate Connecticut residents about new advances in eye care. The traveling exhibit...
The Yale Child Study Center on Thursday, October 14, at 3 p.m., will officially dedicate its new five-story addition - the Neison and Irving Harris Building – which includes space for research and clinical work with young children, community-based...
Yale and state scientists have developed a new, simpler and more reliable blood test to detect a recently discovered disease called ehrlichiosis, which is carried by deer ticks. The test will make it less cumbersome for patients with the telltale flu-...
The Yale School of Nursing has created a new publication, Yale Nursing Matters, which will highlight the school’s growing role in research, clinical practice and community outreach. The magazine’s debut issue was circulated Oct. 8 to graduates, the...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala will deliver the Samuel O. Thier, M.D. Lecture on Health Policy on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 8:30 a.m., in Yale Medical School’s Fitkin Amphitheatre, 330 Cedar Street Entrance. Shalala will speak on...
Yale researchers will discuss the latest advances in detecting, treating and preventing breast cancer at a program being held Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the School of Medicine’s Jane Ellen Hope Building, Room 110, 315 Cedar Street. Featured...