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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
In an important advance in diabetes research, Yale Medical School scientists have identified insulin proteins as the targets of aggressive attacks by cells that cause diabetes, clearing the way for further research into diverting these attacks and...
In the largest survey ever to measure patient visits for alternative therapies, a Yale study has found that contrary to popular perception, patients generally report using alternative therapies to augment, rather than replace their medical care....