Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D. Investigators at Yale School of Medicine and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario, Canada, report that elderly heart failure patients hospitalized in the United States have better short-term survival...
Thomas Rutherford, M.D. A clinical study of ovarian cancer initiated by investigators at Yale School of Medicine will combine the anti-cancer drug phenoxodiol with docetaxel for women with recurrent ovarian cancer. “Advanced-stage ovarian...
The National Institute on Aging has awarded Yale School of Medicine researcher Thomas M. Gill, M.D., a $3.2 million MERIT award for outstanding research to continue his “PEP” study to better understand how older persons manage day-to-day activities and...
Lawrence Scahill, associate professor of nursing and child psychiatry The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a multi-site grant to Yale, Harvard University and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, to evaluate the...
Lawrence Scahill, associate professor of nursing and child psychiatry Methylphenidate, a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), may be effective in treating hyperactivity symptoms in children with autism and...
In an effort to express gratitude to local public health professionals for leading the effort to protect the health of all Americans, November 21 has been declared Public Health Thank You Day.Public Health Thank You Day recognizes the crucial role of...
The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at Yale presented new aging-related research awards to six Yale investigators.Joanne M. Foody, M.D., assistant professor of medicine (cardiology) has been awarded $96,892 in career development...
David A. Fiellin, M.D. Yale School of Medicine researcher David A. Fiellin, M.D., associate professor of medicine, has received over $3 million in grants from The National Institutes of Health and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to advance...
Jennifer Prah Ruger Jennifer Prah Ruger, assistant professor in the Global Health Division in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2005 Annual Labelle Lectureship in Health Services...
An advanced study launched at Yale School of Medicine is evaluating the role of statin therapy in patients with heart failure, one of the leading causes of hospitalization in people over age 65.While statins—drugs that inhibit cholesterol production in...