Yale School of Medicine professor Dr. Marcella Nunez Smith has been awarded a multi-million dollar federal grant to study the risk factors and prevalence of heart disease, cancer and diabetes in the eastern Caribbean.The grant, from the National Institute...
While for many years pregnant women have taken folic acid (folate) supplements to reduce the risk of certain birth defects, in recent years, it’s been suggested that folate may also increase the risk of other diseases, particularly allergies and asthma.A...
Beginning in the fall of 2012, the Yale University School of Nursing (YSN) will offer a new degree: the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.).“Not only is the D.N.P. program essential to align YSN’s academic initiatives with national trends and growing...
Yale School of Medicine received a $45.4 million grant from the federal government to continue its efforts to translate medical research into patient care.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the grant, renewing its Clinical and Translational...
“Ancient Art, Modern Science: 200 Years of Medicine at Yale,” a new film created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Yale School of Medicine, can now be seen on Yale’s YouTube channel. Narrated by award-winning broadcaster Jane Pauley, the film...
Children are being exposed to almost one advertisement every day for unhealthy food, beverage, and restaurant brands via product placements on prime-time TV, finds a study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The study — which is the...
In Regina de Luna’s home country of the Philippines, malaria is the eighth leading cause of death, a statistic that the rising Yale senior finds impossible to ignore.But what has made an even greater impression on de Luna is seeing people suffering from...
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health conducted an independent analysis of a multimillion-dollar program funded by the World Bank to improve maternal and child health in rural Indonesia.The study — led by Jennifer Prah Ruger, associate professor...