Maternal and newborn outcomes were greatly improved when doctors implemented a series of simple clinical interventions at Yale-New Haven Hospital’s obstetrical unit. Yale School of Medicine researchers report their results in the May issue of the American...
In a research advance that could eventually change the way men are treated for prostate cancer, scientists at Yale University and Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System report that certain molecular markers detected in initial biopsy specimens...
In an ambitious effort to further Yale University’s engagement in global health, President Richard C. Levin announced today the launch of the Yale Global Health Initiative. This is the first endeavor of the University’s new Jackson Institute of Global...
Experts from the Women’s Health Research at Yale program are available to talk to the media about some of the most pressing women’s health issues, following the Mother’s Day start of National Women’s Health Week.The 10th annual weeklong observance, May 10...
Superior intelligence is no defense against the effects of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, Yale researchers have found.About three of four ADHD individuals with an IQ of more than 120 – a score that ranks them in the top nine percent of the...
Yale University and the University of Minnesota will host the first two Centers of Excellence in Gambling Research established by the National Center for Responsible Gaming.Each center will receive a three-year grant of $402,500 in order to conduct long-...
In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a protein may be a trigger of allergy-induced...
In research that could open new avenues of treatment for seasonal allergies, a team of Yale University scientists has discovered how a poorly understood component of the human immune system triggers – and sometimes worsens – allergic reactions. The...
The repetitive behaviors exhibited by some children and teens with autism spectrum disorders are not reduced with the antidepressant citalopram, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....
In an effort to transform medical education and bring it into line with 21st century scientific knowledge, Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D., and Sharon Long, Ph.D., Dean Emerita of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, co-...