Commonly viewed as an inevitable consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of Medicine used a combination of fall prevention educational campaigns and...
Yale University Chief of Police James A. Perrotti has named Lieutenant Ronnell Higgins as the university’s new assistant chief of police.In that post, Higgins will oversee and manage the divisions that make up the operations portion of the department,...
A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers. Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the study also...
A study by Yale School of Medicine researchers will explore whether a diet rich in protein can improve bone health in post-menopausal women.Karl Insogna, M.D., professor of internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine, will conduct the Supplemental...
The bright yellow dot on the computer screen is stationary as the blue shapes in the background swirl around it. As the viewer continues to stare at the center of the screen, the yellow dot appears to vanish.In a study published online Sunday in the...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found the brain’s appetite center uses fat for fuel by involving oxygen free radicals—molecules associated with aging and neurodegeneration. The findings, reported in the journal Nature, suggest that...
Yale University researchers have discovered a new way that autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) can be triggered, they reported Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Scientists have long known the molecule TGF-β...
Yale Law School will educate the next generation of human rights leaders, with the help of a $3 million gift from the Robina Foundation. The gift, to be administered over the next three years, will create the Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellowship...
President Levin announces faculty appointmentsPresident Richard C. Levin recently announced several faculty appointments.Rolena Adorno, the Reuben Post Halleck Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, was reappointed as chair of the Department of Spanish and...
This fall, the Divinity School and the School of Management are jointly sponsoring a seminar titled “Faith and Globalization” that will be taught by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Yale Professor Miroslav Volf. The seminar will meet on...