Yale University and the New Haven Free Public Library recently received a $43,885 grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to establish a central New Haven Consumer Health Information Center at the Free Public Library. This collaborative...
Taking cocaine impairs the orbitofrontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for self control and decision making, and the effects persist long after the cocaine use stops, a behavioral study by a Yale researcher and collaborator has found. “It’s...
A Yale researcher has received a $1.4 million grant to study a neurotransmitter whose loss in the brain is believed responsible for narcolepsy, an often misunderstood disease marked by an uncontrollable desire to sleep. “It’s profoundly debilitating,”...
A neuropeptide whose loss is believed responsible for narcolepsy, a disease characterized by sudden sleep attacks, also appears to play a role in the modulation of pain sensation, a study by a Yale researcher has found. The findings, published as the...
Dosage appears to be a critical factor in the effectiveness of a cocaine vaccine being tested by Yale researchers that is designed to block the euphoria drug abusers experience. Of eight patients in the second phase of clinical trials of the vaccine,...
With the Vietnam War in the somewhat distant past, people need to be reminded about the crippling occupational, marital and psychological effects on soldiers who fight wars, says a Yale researcher who is studying veterans. Holly Prigerson, associate...
Many of the risk factors for more advanced breast cancer also apply to an early form of breast cancer known as breast carcinoma in-situ, according to a study by Yale researchers that is the first large scale study of risk factors for this type of early...
Yale School of Medicine researchers have received a $9 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to help translate research findings about alcoholism into treatment for patients. The five-year grant to John Krystal, M.D...
Some persons with schizophrenia can remember complex sounds, such as intricate bird songs, but not simple words, providing yet more evidence about the complex nature of the mental illness, a study by Yale researchers has found. “This gives you a sense...
The number of people treated for depression has increased dramatically, most likely due to reduced stigma about mental health problems as well as the availability of new medications, according to a Yale School of Medicine researcher. The study,...