Adolescents who smoke show impairment of memory and other cognitive functions, according to a Yale study in Biological Psychiatry. More than 4.5 million teenagers smoke cigarettes in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and the...
A toxic chemical painted on the bottom of large vessels to protect against barnacles may cause hearing difficulties in whales and other mammals, according to a study by Yale researchers to be published in the March issue of Biophysical Journal. The...
Marshall Edelson, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, where he was a faculty member for more than 30 years, died January 16 at his home in Woodbridge, Conn. He was 76. Edelson, a noted psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, scholar,...
A Yale researcher studying the use of electrical stimulation to control brain excitability in patients with epilepsy has received one of the first New Therapy Grants Program awards from The Epilepsy Project. The researcher, Idil Cavus, M.D., assistant...
People who smoke often use New Year’s Day as a starting point to quit smoking. However, many people try to do so without help, which significantly reduces their chances of success. Researchers at the Center for Nicotine and Tobacco Use Research at Yale (...
Smoking marijuana is associated with increased risk of many of the same symptoms as smoking cigarettes – chronic bronchitis, coughing on most days, phlegm production, shortness of breath, and wheezing, according to a Yale study published in the Journal of...
