A gene present in about 1.6 percent of the general population places these persons at risk for a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder when they take the common antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or Bactrim(tm), Yale researchers have found. The...
The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Alan Leshner, will be the keynote speaker at a symposium at Yale Sept. 18 on innovative treatments for drug abuse. David Kessler, M.D., dean of Yale School of Medicine, and Benjamin Bunney, M....
The Grove Street Cemetery will mark its designation as a National Historic Landmark with a special ceremony set for Saturday, September 23, at 2:30 p.m. The cemetery was recently designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the...
Yale University’s School of Architecture will dedicate a house designed and built by its students at 23 West Read Street in the Newhallville section of New Haven on September 15 at 5:30 p.m. Mayor John DeStefano, Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern, and...
Ten years after passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Yale researchers have used the largest disability survey ever conducted to examine the prevalence and impact of mental and physical disability in the United States. The team found...
Five Howard University students used the summer before their senior year to gain experience in nursing research at the Yale University School of Nursing. A combination of hands-on research, seminars and shadowing of advanced practice nurses, the program...
The HIV virus remains alive and well in syringes containing infected blood for at least 42 days when stored in near-freezing temperatures, a study by Yale researchers shows. Conversely, when stored above room temperature, the likelihood of encountering...
The Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at Yale School of Medicine will present the “Neurotherapeutic Effects of Music,” on Saturday, September 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar Street. The symposium will explore recent...
The Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at Yale School of Medicine will present the “Neurotherapeutic Effects of Music,” on Saturday, September 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar Street. The symposium will explore recent...
As part of its Tercentennial celebration, Yale University will welcome the public and students from local colleges and universities this fall to a lecture series about New Haven. Team-taught by Yale faculty from several disciplines, the course is...