Two Yale School of Medicine faculty members – Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., and Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D. – have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM). Chosen for their major contributions to health and medicine, they will devote a...
The fourth annual series of educational programs designed for the public and sponsored by the Yale School of Medicine will focus on “What’s In Your Medicine Cabinet?” Offered on five consecutive Mondays beginning Nov. 2, the series will explain popular...
Warfarin, an inexpensive blood thinner used to diminish the risk of additional strokes in elderly stroke patients, is used in only half of eligible patients, according to an article in the Oct. 26 issue of the AMA’s Archives of Internal Medicine....
Among heart attack patients younger than age 75, women were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital following a heart attack as men, according to a Yale study published in the Oct 12 issue of the AMA’s Archives of Internal Medicine. Conversely,...
A Yale University study appearing in the October issue of The Journal of Reproductive Medicine reported that estrogen-androgen therapy improved sexual sensation and desire in post-menopausal women who were dissatisfied with estrogen alone. “These...
The Yale School of Medicine’s department of psychiatry will celebrate 50 years of achievement on Friday, Oct. 23, with a one-day symposium titled “A Half Century of Excellence: Yale Psychiatry from 1948 to 1998.” The symposium will highlight the major...
A chance for participants to create a “Milagro” – meaning “miracle” in Spanish – will be among the highlights of a conference on “Health and Spirituality,” being held at the Yale School of Medicine Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24. The event, which...
The Ethel F. Donaghue Women’s Health Investigator Program at Yale School of Medicine recently announced its first round of grants for studies of women’s health. These are the first awards made since the program received a $6.5 million grant from The...
A one-day symposium designed to educate health-care professionals about clinical and molecular advances in blood and marrow transplants will be held 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, 155 Temple St. The...
The Yale University psychiatry department’s new PRIME Research Clinic – short for Prevention through Risk Identification, Management and Education – is revolutionary in its focus on the early identification and prevention of schizophrenia and other...
