Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Korea affect an estimated 2.64% of the population of school-age children, equivalent to 1 in 38 children, according to the first comprehensive study of autism prevalence using a total population sample. The study...
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages a penny-per-ounce could reduce consumption and generate significant revenue, finds a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University and the Bridging the Gap program at the University of Illinois at...
On Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, 2011, Yale School of Medicine will host the 5th Annual Symposium on Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis and Allied Systemic Fibrosing Disorders. The two-day symposium will be held at the Yale University West Campus, 141...
As part of its bicentennial celebration, Yale School of Medicine will host a special program to honor its first three African-American women graduates on June 2.The event will take place 5-7 p.m. at the Harvey Cushing/Hay Historical Library, 333 Cedar St...
Yale’s James Rothman, fourth from right, and six other recipients of 2010 Kavli Prizes met President Barack Obama on June 6 in a White House ceremony to celebrate their achievements. Rothman, the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences, was one...
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine, a member of Yale Cancer Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is one of three scientists awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Life...
New Pilot Project Program grants from Women’s Health Research at Yale will focus on two fundamental and important areas of women’s health: breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer mortality among women; and obesity, which in women leads to higher...
Forty-nine members of Yale Medical Group (YMG), the clinical practice of the faculty of Yale School of Medicine, are included in New York Magazine’s list of Best Doctors for 2011, far outnumbering any other practice or hospital in Connecticut. The list is...
Renowned glaucoma specialist M. Bruce Shields, M.D., the Marvin Sears Professor and Chair Emeritus of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Yale School of Medicine, will be honored June 17 with an international ophthalmology symposium as he retires after 15...
The Li Ka Shing Foundation (LKSF), a Hong Kong-based philanthropy devoted to advancing education and healthcare, has awarded $1.5 million to Yale University to expand two research core facilities, the human embryonic stem cell core and the genomics core,...