C. Norman Gillis, professor emeritus of anesthesiology and pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine, died on August 16 at age 68 in Boston. Recognized nationally as a specialist in pulmonary vascular disease and pharmacology, Gillis published...
Henry J. Binder, M.D., professor of medicine and of cellular and molecular physiology in the Yale School of Medicine, and collaborators, are recipients of a Wellcome Trust and Burroughs Wellcome Fund research award to study diarrheal diseases....
Rewarding drug users with vouchers that they exchange for food, clothing, or, as one did, a robe for singing in a church choir, was effective in keeping patients drug free and on a medication regimen, according to research at Yale University. The...
The life and work of pioneering anti-slavery reformer and civic leader James Hillhouse (1754-1832) will be commemorated in New Haven next month as part of Yale University’s Tercentennial celebration. The Yale Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of...
Researchers at Yale studying a rare inherited form of hypertension have discovered mutations in two different genes that can cause this disease, clearing the way for new medications to treat both the rare and common forms of high blood pressure. “This...
Yale researchers have shown for the first time that a component of the medicinal herb feverfew targets a protein called IkappaB Kinase and halts that protein’s role in the inflammation process. “The results pave the way for the development of novel anti...
A method called prospective surveillance, which studies unexplained illness and death due to possibly infectious causes, allowed for earlier detection of emerging and reemerging infections in 73 percent of cases, Yale researchers conclude in a new study...
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and tic disorders showed a 37 percent improvement when they took the medication guanfacine, an alternative to drugs like Ritalin, which can worsen tics, Yale researchers found in a new study...
Distinguished Chinese poet Wen-tao Cheng has been given the title “writer in residence in the department” of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University in recognition of his literary achievement. Cheng is widely known abroad for his poetry...
Some of the most distinguished and innovative young architects of our day will be celebrated this fall when the Yale School of Architecture turns the spotlight on its own recent graduates. Titled “New Blue: Recent Work of Graduates of the Yale School of...