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Excess dietary salt identified as autoimmune trigger

For the past few decades, health officials have been reporting increases in the incidence of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Now researchers at Yale School of Medicine, Harvard Medical ...

Medical research created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Flip of a single molecular switch makes an old brain young

The flip of a single molecular switch helps create the mature neuronal connections that allow the brain to bridge the gap between adolescent impressionability and adult stability. Now Yale School of Medicine ...

Neuroscience created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Food banks addressing obesity with nutrition-related policies

Food banks are altering their nutrition-related policies and practices to address concerns about the rise in obesity and diet-related diseases among individuals struggling to afford food, according to a study ...

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Study reveals origins of body fat

(Medical Xpress)—Yale School of Medicine researchers have answered a question millions regularly and plaintively ask themselves: Where did all that fat come from?

Medical research created Feb 24, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Human cognition depends upon slow-firing neurons

Good mental health and clear thinking depend upon our ability to store and manipulate thoughts on a sort of "mental sketch pad." In a new study, Yale School of Medicine researchers describe the molecular basis of this ability—the ...

Neuroscience created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Not all fat is packaged the same way, researchers find

Fat is stored in the body in two distinct ways, Yale researchers have discovered. While the finding may not help people shed excess pounds, it may shed light on how to prevent health problems associated with ...

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists revisit biochemical basis for depression

Symptoms of depression and anxiety can be induced in mice by increasing levels of acetylcholine, suggesting that depression may have different biochemical roots than previously believed, Yale School of Medicine ...

Medical research created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For drug makers, new 3-D control opens wealth of options

A team of scientists anchored at Yale University has demonstrated a new, highly versatile approach for quickly assembling drug-like compounds, establishing a broad new route to drug discovery and medical treatment. They report ...

Medications created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are 'food addicts' stigmatized?

(Medical Xpress)—In the first studies to examine what the public thinks about people with an addiction to food, researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale found that while this addiction is less vulnerable ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers spot attention deficits in babies who later develop autism

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are able to detect deficits in social attention in infants as young as six months of age who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Published in the current issue of Biological Ps ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Predicting survival among those aging with HIV infection

(Medical Xpress)—A new collaborative study led by Yale, the VA Healthcare System, and the North American Cohort Collaboration supports the accuracy of an index used for predicting mortality as patients ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genes behind aggressive endometrial cancer found

In a major breakthrough for uterine serous carcinoma (USC)—a chemo-resistant, aggressive form of endometrial cancer, Yale researchers have defined the genetic landscape of USC tumors, findings that point to new treatment ...

Cancer created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic landscape of common brain tumors holds key to personalized treatment

Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes, an international team of researchers led by Yale School of Medicine scientists report online ...

Cancer created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Readmissions frequent in month after hospital discharge

Following hospitalization for heart attacks, heart failure, or pneumonia, patients are at high risk of being readmitted for a broad spectrum of medical conditions in the month following hospital discharge, research at Yale ...

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emergency room redux for many patients after hospitalization

Following a hospitalization, patients face many challenges as they transition home. A new study of this vulnerable period published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in JAMA found that a substantial number of patien ...

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