Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that a thyroid hormone in the brain is linked to the “uncoupling” protein UCP2, which can maintain appetite during periods of fasting so that the body is ready to eat when food is reintroduced. Published...
Carol Weitzman, M.D. Carol Weitzman, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, is a recipient of a two-year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) grant aimed at eliminating racial...
Tamas L. Horvath Estrogen regulates the brain’s energy metabolism in the same way as the hormone leptin, leading the way to a viable approach to tackling obesity in people resistant to leptin, researchers...
Marcella Nunez-Smith, M.D. A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine offers a unique and detailed view of race and discrimination in the health care workplace and the negative impact on job...
Yale neurologist Stephen Strittmatter will participate in a news conference Monday, March 19 in Washington on the state of biomedical research in the United States. Details of the news conference follow:MEDIA ADVISORYCAPITOL HILL PRESS CONFERENCE: THE...
New Haven, Conn. — President Richard C. Levin announced that Yale University’s efforts to expand and strengthen its medical and scientific research programs will take a major leap forward with the acquisition of the Bayer HealthCare complex in West Haven...
William Sessa A genetic mutation expands lesions in the aorta and promotes coronary atherosclerosis, more commonly known as hardening of the arteries, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine in Cell...
Li Wen An antibody used to treat certain cancers and rheumatoid arthritis appears to greatly delay type 1 diabetes in mice, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Journal of Clinical...
Hal Blumenfeld Yale School of Medicine researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to suppress the development of epilepsy in genetically predisposed animals—which could open the door to...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Yale School of Medicine $12.4 million to design studies and oversee collection of data for an initiative to improve understanding of infertility and other reproductive diseases and disorders.Problems...