A Yale study of complication rates from two radiation implant therapies for prostate cancer shows that the newer therapy, Palladium-103, has fewer long-term side effects than Iodine-125, an older, more commonly prescribed therapy. “While both implants...
Repeated exposure to low-dose amphetamines can cause deficits in cognitive performance that last for several years after the exposure ends, offering insight into potential harmful effects of chronic substance abuse in humans, a Yale study has found. “...
Yale scientists have discovered that the growth of brain cells, which normally ends in adolescence, can be re-stimulated in mature neurons with a molecular mechanism known as Notch signaling. Because Notch signaling also may be involved in the...
Yale Medical School researchers will examine why some smokers are resistant to current smoking cessation treatments with a $10 million grant from The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and The Robert Wood Johnson...
The Yale Eye Center in collaboration with the National Eye Institute (NEI), one of the National Institutes of Health, are sponsors of the VISION exhibit, which aims to educate Connecticut residents about new advances in eye care. The traveling exhibit...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala will deliver the Samuel O. Thier, M.D. Lecture on Health Policy on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 8:30 a.m., in Yale Medical School’s Fitkin Amphitheatre, 330 Cedar Street Entrance. Shalala will speak on...
Yale researchers will discuss the latest advances in detecting, treating and preventing breast cancer at a program being held Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the School of Medicine’s Jane Ellen Hope Building, Room 110, 315 Cedar Street. Featured...
Yale School of Nursing Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Paula Milone-Nuzzo was recently named a Fellow of Hospice and Home Care by Home Care University, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing research, education and credentialing for home...
There are 550 different therapeutic techniques for treating children with emotional problems, but a new book by a Yale psychologist says little is known about what works, why, and for whom. Knowing what works is important because 10 percent of three-to-...
Yale medical and public health students who, during the past summer have studied everything from unexplained deaths in Brazil to female condoms in Kenya, will report their research findings and give descriptions of their overseas study sites on Wednesday...