Women have a higher short-term mortality after heart attack than men at younger ages, according to a study published in the July 22 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. In fact, the study, which analyzed data from the National Registry of...
A record number of teachers, principals, parents and policy makers working to implement school-based child care and family support services will gather to hear T. Berry Brazelton, best-selling author and leading national expert on children’s health, July...
Federal Centers for Disease Control Director Jeffrey Koplan, Connecticut State Health Commissioner Joxel Garcia and Yale University Dean of Public Health Michael Merson will hold a news conference Friday, May 21 at 12:30 p.m. to discuss the new...
The Yale University School of Medicine’s Anxiety Disorders Research Clinic is offering a free screening day on Wednesday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the atrium of Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street. The public may take free, anonymous screening...
Twenty-one doctors will graduate this Thursday, April 15, from an innovative program at Yale University that gives physicians the skills they need to manage their practices. The program, the Yale Management Program for Physicians, was developed by...
Students at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven are currently running a program to recruit minority high school students into careers in the sciences and health professions. The program is called Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program...
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher will address the 51st annual meeting of the Associates of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library on Wednesday, March 24, at 4 p.m. in the Yale School of Medicine Medical Historical Library, 333 Cedar St. His keynote...
A new test which helps physicians identify women who are most at risk of having or developing cervical cancer is now available through the School of Medicine’s department of pathology, the first site in Connecticut to offer this diagnostic tool. The...
A program designed to reduce six risk factors for delirium in hospitalized patients 70 years old or older successfully reduced the number of patients who developed symptoms by 40 percent compared to a control group, a Yale study has shown. Published...
Yale University announced plans today to construct a major medical research complex in New Haven’s Hill neighborhood to meet a growing need for more space at the top-ranked Yale School of Medicine. Construction of the $160-million, 440,000-square-foot...