Yale University

Twin epidemics: HIV and Hepatitis C in the urban Northeast

A new Yale study looks at the scope and consequences of a burgeoning health problem in the cities of the U.S. Northeast: concurrent infection with both HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV). The study appears online ...

HIV & AIDS created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Real-time brain feedback can help people overcome anxiety

(Medical Xpress)—People provided with a real-time readout of activity in specific regions of their brains can learn to control that activity and lessen their anxiety, according to new findings published ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Growing new arteries, bypassing blocked ones

Scientific collaborators from Yale School of Medicine and University College London (UCL) have uncovered the molecular pathway by which new arteries may form after heart attacks, strokes and other acute illnesses bypassing ...

Medical research created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Autism risk spotted at birth in abnormal placentas

Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have figured out how to measure an infant's risk of developing autism by looking for abnormalities in his/her placenta at birth, allowing for earlier diagnosis and ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers call on physicians to urge newly diagnosed cancer patients to quit smoking

Yale Cancer Center experts in collaboration with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) are calling on physicians to routinely recommend that patients stop smoking after a diagnosis of cancer. ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Flies reveal that a sense of smell, like a melody, depends upon timing

(Medical Xpress)—The sense of smell remains a mystery in many respects. Fragrance companies, for instance, know it is crucial that chemical compounds in perfumes reach nostrils at different rates to create ...

Neuroscience created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

All water pills not equally effective against heart failure

Loop diuretics, more commonly known as water pills, are the most widely prescribed heart failure medications, but few studies had extensively compared their effectiveness until Yale School of Medicine researchers examined ...

Cardiology created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In managing inflammation, controlling white blood cell flow may be key

(Medical Xpress)—New research by Yale University scientists sets the stage for improved management of acute tissue inflammation related to wounds and chronic inflammatory diseases by advancing current understanding ...

Inflammatory disorders created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ban on food stamps leads to hunger, HIV risk among former drug felons

Convicted drug offenders who are denied government food benefits upon release from prison are at greater risk of engaging in dangerous, sexual risk behaviors in order to obtain food, Yale researchers have ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Hunger-spiking neurons could help control autoimmune diseases

Neurons that control hunger in the central nervous system also regulate immune cell functions, implicating eating behavior as a defense against infections and autoimmune disease development, Yale School of Medicine researchers ...

Immunology created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Overweight physicians are also vulnerable to weight bias

(Medical Xpress)—Overweight patients are not the only ones who suffer weight stigmatization in the doctor's office, a Yale study finds. Physicians who are overweight or obese are vulnerable to biased attitudes from patients ...

Overweight and Obesity created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers spot molecular control switch for preterm lung disorders

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have made major discoveries that could lead to new treatments for lung disorders in premature babies. In a mouse study, the team located key molecules ...

Medical research created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No attention-boosting drugs for healthy kids, doctors urge

Doctors at Yale School of Medicine and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) have called upon their fellow physicians to limit or end the practice of prescribing memory-enhancing drugs to healthy children whose brains are ...

Neuroscience created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers trick bacteria to deliver a safer vaccine

(Medical Xpress)—Vaccines that employ weakened but live pathogens to trigger immune responses have inherent safety issues but Yale researchers have developed a new trick to circumvent the problem—using ...

Medical research created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Industry self-regulation permits junk food ads in programming popular with children

(Medical Xpress)—Loopholes in industry self-regulation allow food companies to continue to reach large numbers of children with advertising for unhealthy products—such as fast food, candy, and cookies—during ...

Health created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1