The Yale School of Nursing is asking school children in New Haven to submit their designs for a holiday card for YSN on the theme of “caring.” The deadline for the art contest is Oct. 5. A single winner will be selected from three grade categories: K-...
Women with cancer-causing genes who choose lumpectomy and radiation therapy appear to have an increased risk of getting a second tumor in the treated breast five to 10 years after treatment, a Yale study finds. The results of this 14-year study,...
A drug that may protect the eye from damage caused by glaucoma, which is one of the leading causes of blindness around the world, soon will be administered at Yale Medical School in a clinical trial. M. Bruce Shields, M.D., chairman of the Department of...
The Tower One/Tower East housing complex and Yale School of Nursing are creating a program that will enable residents to stay healthier and protect their rights and well-being as they move through an increasingly complex health care system. Supported by...
Renowned experts from around the country will convene in October to present innovative women’s health research as part of the second Yale Conference on Women’s Health & Fitness. The conference will run Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 21-23 at the Omni New...
In order to promote favorable living conditions once it invades a cell, the salmonella bacteria injects its host cell with a protein called SptP, a Yale study finds. “These findings bring us closer to understanding the complex mechanisms by which...
A Yale research team has found that repeated use of cocaine causes changes in the brain that persist long after the drug is no longer used. “There have been no adequately effective treatments for cocaine addiction because we know very little about...
A reduction in mental health services at a large Connecticut corporation triggered an increase in medical care use and sick leave, costing the company more money rather than less, according to a Yale study. The results support the long-held belief...
Six new laboratories for spinal cord research by Yale scientists will be dedicated Sept. 27 at the Neuroscience and Regeneration Research Center at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven. The Phil N. Allen and Mayreta V. Allen Laboratories...
As the U.S. population becomes increasingly diverse, few medical schools provide the kind of cultural diversity training offered at Yale University School of Medicine, according to a recent study of medical schools. The study examined medical school...
