Kelly Brownell, a Yale psychologist and an internationally known expert on the issue of fast food and obesity, will discuss and sign his new book “Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America’s Obesity Crisis and What We Can Do About It,”...
Twelve-month-old infants can use previous observations as a basis to understand new interactions, although five-month-olds cannot, according to a Yale study. “This finding shows not only that one-year-old infants are paying attention to the actions of...
Obesity specialists from physicians and researchers to pharmacologists and psychologists, showed significant anti-fat bias according to a recent Yale study. “The stigma of obesity is so strong that even those most knowledgeable about the condition infer...
Despite a continuing seven-year decline nationwide, both the number and quality of applications to Yale School of Medicine (YSM) remained high for 2003. “The Class of 2007 brings outstanding academic credentials to the medical school,” Interim YSM Dean...
A combination of subsidized housing and intensive case management keeps more homeless people off the street, but at a higher cost, according to a Yale study. The study comes at a time of national policy discussions about providing permanent subsidized...
Universities are in a unique position to draft licensing and patent strategies for development of life-saving medicines and technologies that benefit low-and middle-income countries, according to an editorial by faculty and students working at the Yale...
Although caregivers are often called upon to make decisions on behalf of seriously ill patients, Yale researchers have found that their decisions may not accurately reflect patients’ wishes. Patients are much more concerned about treatment outcomes -...
Yale researchers have found that as many as 22 kinds of cancers produce abnormal sugars that might help metastasize or spread the disease throughout the body, a discovery that may lead to new drug targets. The study, published in the September issue of...
International researchers, medical practitioners, policy makers and others who have been on the “frontlines” of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic will share their experiences in a workshop held Sept. 19 to 21 at Yale University....
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut has teamed up with faculty and staff in Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences to create a high school internship program that fosters interest in science...
