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Yale University comprises three major academic components: Yale College (the undergraduate program), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and ten professional schools. In addition, Yale encompasses a wide array of research organizations, libraries and museums, and administrative and support offices. Approximately 11,250 students attend Yale. |
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The prolonged and frequent use of ultrasound on pregnant mice causes brain abnormalities in the developing mouse fetus, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
08 April 2007 |
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Children who are anxious before surgery experience a more painful, slow, and complicated postoperative recovery, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published this month in Pediatrics. |
07 April 2007 |
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When cigarette smokers first stop smoking the number of nicotine receptors in the brain is significantly higher when compared to non-smokers, which may explain why it is so tough to quit, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience. |
06 April 2007 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that persistent bathing disability among the elderly can increase the risk of long-term nursing home admission by 77 percent, but interventions aimed at prevention and remediation could reduce the need for these long-term care services. |
05 April 2007 |
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A single pain receptor is responsible for the kick delivered by garlic and mustard oil, which is the active ingredient in mustard and in the pungent green sushi condiment known as wasabi, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published this week in Cell. |
05 April 2007 |
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For minority students, simply completing a writing assignment designed to affirm a positive identity and sense of “self integrity” near the beginning of the school year raised their school performance and reduced the racial achievement gap by 40 percent. |
04 April 2007 |
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Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers. |
04 April 2007 |
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Patients given lipid lowering agents during an ischemic stroke have a considerably higher survival rate than patients who do not use the cholesterol-reducing drugs, according to recent research by Yale School of Medicine investigators.
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03 April 2007 |
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A new company, Vascular Insights, LLC, was founded to develop, manufacture and market devices to treat varicose vein disease, based on technology invented by Michael Tal, M.D., assistant professor of diagnostic radiology and director of research interventional radiology at Yale University School of Medicine. |
03 April 2007 |
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Scientists at Yale and the University of Rhode Island report the development of a peptide that can specifically and directly deliver molecules to the inside of cells like a nanosyringe, creating a new tool for drug delivery, gene control and imaging of diseased tissues. |
02 April 2007 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have made promising advances in finding a vaccine for women infected with human papilloma virus, which is known to cause cervical cancer. |
02 April 2007 |
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Men who consume foods and vitamins high in vitamin E, Beta-carotene and vitamin C do not lower their risk of prostate cancer, Yale School of Medicine researchers report recently in the Journal of National Cancer Institute. |
01 April 2007 |
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The drug naltrexone might help reduce weight gain in smokers as they try to quit, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine. |
31 March 2007 |
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Detailed information on greenhouse gasses and a subtropical heat wave at the North Pole 55 million years ago is providing information about the Earth’s past as well as a portent for its future. |
31 March 2007 |
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An international team of astronomers led by researchers at Yale has obtained key infrared observations that reveal the nature of quasar particle jets that originate just outside super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies and radiate across the spectrum from radio to X-ray wavelengths; a complementary study of jet X-ray emission led by astronomers at the University of Southampton, reaches the same conclusion. |
30 March 2007 |
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Researchers at Yale have established the minimal nutritional requirements for growing and maintaining human embryonic stem cells, a recipe that is critical for clinical application and for developmental studies, according to an early online report this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
30 March 2007 |
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One of two separate areas of the brain light up when younger people look at a house or a face, but each image activates both areas of the brain at the same time in older persons, according to a study published by Yale University and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, this month in NeuroReport. |
29 March 2007 |
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The amount of mercury emitted into the atmosphere in the Northeast fluctuates annually depending on activity in the electric power industry, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. |
29 March 2007 |
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The fate of cells that go on to form the face, skull and nerve centers of the head and neck in vertebrates is determined much earlier in development than previously thought, and is independent of interaction with other forming tissues, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature. |
28 March 2007 |
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The way the brain stores new, conscious information such as a first kiss or a childhood home is strongly linked to the way the human brain stores unconscious information, researchers at Yale report this month in an article featured on the cover of Neuron. |
28 March 2007 |
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Based on data obtained from one of the largest family sets of its kind, Yale School of Medicine researchers have identified a genetic linkage for dependence on drugs such as heroin, morphine and oxycontin. |
27 March 2007 |
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Even modest programs advocating adult male circumcision can substantially prevent HIV infections and should be implemented immediately, researchers at Yale School of Medicine reported recently at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto. |
27 March 2007 |
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A program to train parents how to manage the disruptive behavior of children with Tourette syndrome and tic disorders works well, according to a pilot study conducted by Yale School of Nursing and the Yale Child Study Center. |
26 March 2007 |
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Contrary to popular belief, brain cells use a mix of analog and digital coding at the same time to communicate efficiently, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published this week in Nature. |
26 March 2007 |
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Yale School of Medicine researchers have new data showing chloride ions are critical to hearing in mammals, which builds on previous research showing a chemical used to keep barnacles off boats might disrupt the balance of these ions in ear cells. |
25 March 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of California, San Diego and Yale University have discovered that a natural protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis, the bacterium sprayed on crops by organic farmers to reduce insect damage, is highly effective at treating hookworm infections in laboratory animals. |
25 March 2007 |
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Leptin, a hormone critical for normal food intake and metabolism, exerts a strong effect on appetite by acting in the mid-brain region as well as in the hypothalamus, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Neuron. |
24 March 2007 |
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Initial results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, in which Yale Cancer Center participated, show that the drug raloxifene, currently used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, works as well as tamoxifen in reducing breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women at increased risk of the disease. |
24 March 2007 |
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In NIH-sponsored study to determine whether a system of monitoring symptoms and weight by telephone can reduce hospitalizations in heart failure patients, is being launched at Yale School of Medicine. |
23 March 2007 |
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Blocking the effect of individual immune system proteins that normally recognize viruses and bacteria produces surprisingly different effects on the severity of autoimmune diseases such as Lupus, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the September issue of Immunity. Drugs that target these proteins could be important therapies for autoimmunity. |
23 March 2007 |
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The location and amount of a protein within two separate compartments of a tumor cell may be critical markers predicting survival in colorectal cancer, according to a study at Yale School of Medicine. |
22 March 2007 |
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For young people who clearly seem to be developing early signs of schizophrenia, treatment with the antipsychotic drug olanzapine appears to lower or delay the rate of conversion to full-blown psychosis, according to an article by a Yale School of Medicine researcher in the May issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. |
22 March 2007 |
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Nearly half of the people responding to an online survey about obesity said they would give up a year of their life rather than be fat, according to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale. |
21 March 2007 |
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The protein Myo1f is important in regulating how quickly the immune system mobilizes to fight off infection and may help explain some infection fighting disorders, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Science. |
21 March 2007 |
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Teaching creative writing to residents in an intensive workshop at Yale School of Medicine improved physicians’ view of themselves, their peers and their patients, and also promoted an increased interest in writing and the residency program, according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. |
20 March 2007 |
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Pets, wildlife or livestock could act as sentinels to provide early warning for humans and could help identify many ongoing exposure risks for certain bioterrorism agents, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found in a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. |
20 March 2007 |
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Culture plays a significant role in how women perceive obesity in terms of both appearance and health, according to a study by Yale School of Nursing researchers in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. |
19 March 2007 |
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People who carry a particular genetic variation are more likely to respond to stress by becoming depressed and by ruminating on the event, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, and the University of Würzburg, Germany. |
19 March 2007 |
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Low levels of oxygen, or hypoxia, may help preserve the unique undifferentiated nature of stem or progenitor cells, according to a report by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. |
18 March 2007 |
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Turning on a surface receptor in cells lining the intestinal wall can halt the often deadly diarrhea brought on by the bacteria V. cholera and E. coli, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
18 March 2007 |
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A single mutation in an ion channel gene can produce opposing effects on signaling within the nervous system depending on the nerve cells in which it operates, shedding light on the molecular basis for erythromelalgia, a debilitating neuropathic pain syndrome, Yale School of Medicine researchers report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
17 March 2007 |
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Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the stomach, induces food intake and operates through a brain region that controls cravings for food and other energy sources, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the online issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation. |
17 March 2007 |
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The structure of an enzyme that has many regulatory functions and breaks peptide bonds of proteins where they pass through membranes within the cell has been described for the first time by Yale School of Medicine researchers in Nature. |
16 March 2007 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine report that a specific defense mechanism used by the immune system is imitated by cancer cells in order to fight off the effects of cancer drugs like paclitaxel. |
16 March 2007 |
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Two surgical procedures, one invasive and the other much less so, for premature infants with intestinal perforation due to necrotizing enterocolitis produce virtually identical results, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
15 March 2007 |
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A Yale University study of overweight people tested the claim that weight bias motivates people to lose weight and found the opposite can be the case, individuals cope with weight stigmatization through a variety of strategies, including eating more food and giving up on dieting. |
15 March 2007 |
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Cutting-edge research identifying the types of products that cause the greatest environmental damage is the focus of a special issue of Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology. |
14 March 2007 |
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Yale School of Medicine has helped develop the first “how to” manual in the nation instructing clinicians and health administrators statewide on efficient management of radiation victims, according to an article published this month on development of the manual. |
14 March 2007 |
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There is a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer in Asia where people smoke heavily, which may be accounted for by high consumption of tea, particularly green tea, according to a review article published by a Yale School of Medicine researcher. |
13 March 2007 |
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A highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis has been linked to HIV/AIDS in a study conducted in rural South Africa by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Published in The Lancet, the study is the result of a five-year collaboration between a Yale and South African team of researchers who aim to integrate HIV and TB care and treatment. |
13 March 2007 |
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Acute lung injury caused by cell death, high and potentially toxic concentrations of oxygen (hyperoxia), and the resulting excess fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), may be controlled by modulating levels of the angiopoietin2 protein, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the online issue of Nature Medicine. |
12 March 2007 |
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Over 50 percent of patients with heart failure also have kidney disease and this unstable combination results in poor survival, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. |
12 March 2007 |
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The survival time due to drug treatments of AIDS/HIV is adding 2.8 million years of life to individuals in the United States, according to a study published Thursday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. |
11 March 2007 |
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A detailed study of 520 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection indicates a very strong genetic link, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. |
11 March 2007 |
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Heart attack patients who also have another acute condition such as stroke, kidney failure and pneumonia may have a poorer outcome than those without these conditions, and those with the most severe conditions account for a disproportionate percentage of hospital deaths, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a recent American Journal of Medicine. |
10 March 2007 |
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Yale Ob/Gyn professor Pasquale Patrizio together with a national and international group of colleagues have developed general guidelines targeted to oncologists on how to introduce the concept of fertility preservation in both male and female cancer patients. |
10 March 2007 |
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People who see their relationships as either all good or all bad tend to have low self-esteem, according to a series of seven studies by Yale researchers published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. |
09 March 2007 |
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The amygdala is a central processing station in the brain for emotions, but Yale researchers report that the amygdala also plays a role in working memory, a higher cognitive function critical for reasoning and problem solving. |
09 March 2007 |
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Hospitals that provide the most rapid emergency angioplasty have specific strategies to expedite the care of patients with heart attacks, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
08 March 2007 |
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Yale School of Medicine is leading a $9.5 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health into the causes and effects of meningioma, a relatively common type of brain tumor that is usually benign and most often occurs in middle-aged or elderly women. |
08 March 2007 |
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Yale University Office of Cooperative Research today announced that it has granted an exclusive license agreement with the Chinese company SurExam Life Science & Technology (Shenzhen) Co. for the commercialization of the university's blood testing technology for epithelial ovarian cancer. |
07 March 2007 |
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Asian Indian men are at increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus because of chronic liver disease rather than obesity, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
07 March 2007 |
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Women who participated in prolonged, frequent bicycling had decreased genital sensation and were more likely to have a history of genital pain than women runners, researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine report in the current issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. |
06 March 2007 |
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Providing an equivalent level of insurance coverage for mental health and general medical care would not significantly increase total spending on health care, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. |
06 March 2007 |
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Involuntary job loss near retirement more than doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a major national study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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05 March 2007 |
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Over time, older people change their preferences for end-of-life care and are more willing to accept treatment resulting in physical disability than treatment resulting in cognitive disability, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the current Archives of Internal Medicine. |
05 March 2007 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered in the placenta what may be the earliest marker for autism, possibly helping physicians diagnose the condition at birth, rather than the standard age of two or older. |
04 March 2007 |
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A protein once thought to be a principal player in linking nerve responses in the nose to those in the brain actually has a more specialized role, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. |
03 March 2007 |
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Yale School of Medicine researchers have determined how the body’s immune system springs into action when invaded by the herpes simplex virus, which can lead to fatal sporadic encephalitis in infants and children. |
03 March 2007 |
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Genetics play a major role in predisposing infants to retinopathy of prematurity, a disease prevalent in premature infants that disrupts normal blood vessel development of the retina and can lead to blindness, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the November issue of Pediatrics. |
02 March 2007 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Oxford have identified the very first neurons in what develops into the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that makes humans human. |
02 March 2007 |
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Mice bred without the enzyme MKP-1 are resistant to weight gain despite consuming high fat foods and eating more than control mice, according to a research study published online in Cell Metabolism. |
01 March 2007 |
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A gene variant that increases the risk of developing the aggressive “wet” form of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in people over age 50, is reported in two recent articles in Science by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. |
01 March 2007 |
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With a structured exercise program, inactive older people at high risk for becoming disabled can improve their physical functioning and reduce their likelihood of having difficulty walking, according to results from a pilot study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and other institutions. |
28 February 2007 |
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Increased counseling and more frequent dispensing of medication does not improve abstinence in drug abuse treatment, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published the New England Journal of Medicine. |
28 February 2007 |
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Genetics may be a risk factor in premature infants who develop problems in their lungs as a result of not reaching normal gestational age, according to a study at Yale School of Medicine. |
27 February 2007 |
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Voluntary screening for HIV should be a routine part of the medical care of all adults, not just those at high risk, according to a study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine. |
27 February 2007 |
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Global warming 55 million years ago suggests a high climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide, according to research led by Mark Pagani, associate professor of geology and geophysics at Yale. |
26 February 2007 |
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Iranian civilians exposed to high-intensity warfare and chemical weapons are experiencing significantly higher levels of psychological distress compared to those exposed to low-intensity warfare but not chemical weapons, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the Journal of the American Medical Association devoted to the theme of violence and human rights. |
26 February 2007 |
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Twenty percent of older patients who have suffered a heart attack have a one in 25 chance of being hospitalized for a stroke within six months of discharge from the hospital, according to research at Yale. |
14 April 2006 |
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More patients would refuse life-sustaining treatment if they knew the outcome would be a life of severe functional or cognitive impairment, according to a study by a Yale researcher published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
13 April 2006 |
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Yale researchers are enrolling five cocaine addicts in a clinical trial in New Haven as part of an ongoing investigative effort to determine the safety and efficacy of the cocaine vaccine, TA-CD. |
12 April 2006 |
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Ketoconazole, an anti-fungal agent that helps curb cocaine use in laboratory rats, stimulates rather than reduces cocaine and heroin use in humans, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. |
11 April 2006 |
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The slight economic gains felt by millions of single mothers, who have moved off welfare and into low-wage jobs, have not discernibly improved the living conditions of families or the daily lives of young children, according to a report to be released in Washington today. |
10 April 2006 |
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Restorative home care for elderly patients rather than traditional home care enhances the patients' ability to remain at home, according to a study by a Yale researcher published Wednesday, April 24, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. |
09 April 2006 |
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Neurons thought to play a key role in sudden infant death syndrome are located near some of the largest arteries in the brain, according to a study by a Yale School of Medicine research team published in this week's issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience. |
08 April 2006 |
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Sensory deprivation causes changes in new cell size and excitability in the olfactory system, which governs the ability to smell, according to a study in Neuron by a Yale School of Medicine researcher. |
06 April 2006 |
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As nerve cells develop or attempt to recover after damage, they extend growth cones, highly flexible extensions that act as environmental sensors. Growth cones use the information they gather to direct advance of the nerve cells and it has long been known that such advance depends on the coordinated assembly of actin filament networks. |
17 March 2006 |
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Researchers at Yale shed new light on the mechanism of nerve cell growth by identifying novel functions for a molecular “motor” protein, myosin-II, according to an article in the March issue of Nature Cell Biology. |
17 March 2006 |
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Diverting ambulances with patients suffering a heart to a hospital providing emergency angioplasty rather than a closer hospital with no ability to provide this specialized care, may be feasible for the majority of Americans, researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Michigan report in Circulation. |
13 March 2006 |
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New Haven, Conn, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Nature Genetics this week that they have identified a gene whose function protects the body against kidney stones. |
13 March 2006 |
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Persons whose heads are turned at the time of a rear impact collision risk a much more serious whiplash injury with potentially chronic symptoms, and a current Yale School of Medicine study explains why. |
13 March 2006 |
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Diverting ambulances with patients suffering a heart to a hospital providing emergency angioplasty rather than a closer hospital with no ability to provide this specialized care, may be feasible for the majority of Americans, researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Michigan report in Circulation. |
13 March 2006 |
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New Haven, Conn, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Nature Genetics this week that they have identified a gene whose function protects the body against kidney stones. The research identifies a transporter, encoded by the gene, as a potential target for drugs to boost oxalate secretion in the gut and help prevent kidney stones, said Peter Aronson, M.D., professor of internal medicine and physiology and senior author of the study. |
13 March 2006 |
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'We believe this is the first study to identify, quantify and determine the mode of cervical spine injury sustained during a rear impact collision when a person in the vehicle has their head turned,' said Manohar Panjabi, a professor in the Departments of Orthopedics and Mechanical Engineering and first author of the study in Spine. 'This data may assist clinicians in developing improved diagnostic and treatment protocols.' |
13 March 2006 |
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'These hallucinations, which consist of spoken speech that are labeled 'voices' by patients themselves, are often very disabling and resistant to currently available medication therapies,' said Ralph Hoffman, M.D., a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and principal investigator of the study. |
09 March 2006 |
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The vast differences between humans and chimpanzees are due more to changes in gene regulation than differences in individual genes themselves, researchers from Yale, the University of Chicago, and the Hall Institute in Parkville, Victoria, Australia argue in the March 9 issue of the journal Nature. |
09 March 2006 |
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The study showed that bone marrow derived cells can differentiate into functional gastrointestinal epithelial cells after bone marrow transplantation. Research was from the laboratory of Diane Krause, M.D., professor of Laboratory Medicine and senior author of the study, in collaboration with Marie Egan, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, respiratory medicine, and cellular and molecular physiology. |
02 March 2006 |
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Older people who have negative stereotypes about the elderly have a greater chance of hearing decline, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the March issue of Journals of Gerontology. 'This is the first study to demonstrate that older individuals' age stereotypes can predict their sensory perception,' said first author Becca R. Levy, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Department of Psychology at Yale. |
01 March 2006 |
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Some of the key elements for success in the rapid treatment of heart attacks have been identified by researchers at Yale School of Medicine in a recent issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Eleven hospitals consistently delivered therapy to restore blood flow to heart attack patients in 90 minutes or less. The researchers studied how staff at these hospitals, including Yale-New Haven Hospital, regularly delivered such speedy treatment, which can save lives. |
01 March 2006 |
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Published in Archives of Internal Medicine, the study included 754 participants age 70 or older, who were not disabled in their basic activities of daily living, such as bathing and dressing. Their frailty, assessed every 18 months for 54 months, was defined on the basis of weight loss, exhaustion, low physical activity, muscle weakness and slow walking speed. Participants were classified as 'frail' if they met three or more of these criteria, as 'pre-frail' if they met one or two and as 'non-frail' if they met none of the criteria. |
28 February 2006 |
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For body tissue to survive it must receive oxygen delivered through the finest of blood vessels. Led by Erin Lavik, assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering, this study shows that the fine network of blood vessels can be formed. Further, detailed microscopic studies showed that the vascular networks were stable as implants for up to six weeks and were able to connect with larger blood vessel structures. |
28 February 2006 |
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On March 7, at a formal ceremony in London, the Yale Center for Parliamentary History will present to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Chancellor on behalf of the government of the United Kingdom the definitive scholarly editions it has prepared of records of the 17th-century parliaments preceding the English civil wars and revolution. |
27 February 2006 |
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Yale University Office of Cooperative Research today announced that it has granted an exclusive license agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings for the commercialization of the university's blood testing technology for epithelial ovarian cancer. |
23 February 2006 |
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Today Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell presented the state cancer control plan developed by the Connecticut Cancer Partnership, a consortium of Connecticut's top cancer professionals working to implement a comprehensive plan for cancer control in the state. |
22 February 2006 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have gained deeper understanding of two members of a family of proteins called caspases that play a key role in promoting apoptosis, a process in which the cell responds to external signals by essentially committing suicide. |
22 February 2006 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found evidence that a hormone produced in the stomach directly stimulates the higher brain functions of spatial learning and memory development, and further suggests that we may learn best on an empty stomach. |
19 February 2006 |
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The study, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control, found that if a safe level for ozone exists, it is only at very low or natural levels and far below current U.S. and international regulations. A 10 part-per-billion increase in the average of the two previous days' ozone levels is associated with a 0.30 percent increase in mortality. |
16 February 2006 |
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President Richard C. Levin announced today that Yale University will bar investments of its endowment assets in obligations of the Sudanese government as well as in seven oil companies currently operating in Sudan as a response to the genocide being committed with support from the government of Sudan in the Darfur region. |
15 February 2006 |
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'The results have implications for a number of psychiatric conditions, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder where stressful events can have significant and long-lasting consequences on social behavior and interactions,' said Ralph DiLeone, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale and a co-author of the report that appeared in the recent issue of the journal Science. |
15 February 2006 |
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A new study indicates how the immune system fights bacteria that cause the severe form of pneumonia known as Legionnaire's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the March issue of Nature Immunology. |
10 February 2006 |
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'Our approach identifies distinct brain networks of linked structural and functional changes,' said Vincent Calhoun, M.D., associate professor adjunct in the Department of Psychiatry and director of the Medical Image Analysis Lab at the Institute of Living's Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center in Hartford. 'The linking of structural and functional changes is new. This is different from finding both structural and functional changes in patients which may not be related to one another.' |
03 February 2006 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that analyzing proteins in urine is a simple and objective method to diagnose and classify preeclampsia, a complication of pregnancy causing high blood pressure after 20 weeks of gestation. |
03 February 2006 |
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Women with asthma who are carrying a female fetus are more likely to experience worse asthma symptoms than asthmatic women carrying a male fetus, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the February issue of American Journal of Epidemiology. |
02 February 2006 |
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Increasing the level of a protein that plays a key role in traumatic spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis reduces the concentration of disease-causing plaque in Alzheimer's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Journal of Neuroscience. |
02 February 2006 |
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A Yale School of Medicine laboratory has succeeded in mapping and describing an interaction important for cell adhesion, a process critical to life, and, when it goes awry, can lead to diseases such as cancer. |
02 February 2006 |
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Researchers at Yale and the University of Washington report that great earthquakes, like the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, may be caused by the build up of sediment on top of subduction zones, suggesting a new way to forecast these most severe earthquakes. |
31 January 2006 |
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By profiling specific proteins in amniotic fluid for inflammation, researchers at Yale School of Medicine can quickly and accurately detect potentially dangerous infections in pregnant women, and also predict the possibility of premature birth. |
31 January 2006 |
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Changes in the brain that are important indicators of bipolar disorder are not prominent until young adulthood and are reduced in persons taking mood-stabilizing medications, Yale School of Medicine researchers report this month in Biological Psychiatry. |
30 January 2006 |
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Yale University School of Medicine and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. finalized a Research Alliance Agreement to support translational cardiovascular and immunology research. |
26 January 2006 |
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Yale researchers have recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to observe, describe and explain severe atmospheric turbulence over mountains, and the effect of 'gravity waves' on the stratosphere. |
26 January 2006 |
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Using mobile telephones in hospitals reduces the error rate in medical care because of more timely communication and rarely causes electronic magnetic interference, Yale School of Medicine researchers report this month. |
26 January 2006 |
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Researchers at the Yale Fertility Center are now offering a cutting edge reproductive procedure called oocyte cryopreservation that allows women to freeze their eggs and use them at a later time to conceive a child. |
25 January 2006 |
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Researchers studying supplies of copper, zinc and other metals have determined that these finite resources, even if recycled, may not meet the needs of the global population forever, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
24 January 2006 |
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The length of time patients spend under anesthesia during facial plastic surgery procedures does not appear to be linked to their risk of complications or death, Yale School of Medicine researchers report this month in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. |
23 January 2006 |
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When activated, a specific protein in the brain enhances long-term storage of fearful memories and strengthens previously established fearful memories, Yale School of Medicine researchers report this week in Nature Neuroscience. |
18 January 2006 |
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The human body has a unique immune system response to foreign DNA, suggesting that DNA viruses and RNA viruses are detected by different mechanisms, Yale School of Medicine researchers report this week in Immunity. |
18 January 2006 |
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Female rats appear to be affected more than males by stress early in life, leading to a higher likelihood of cocaine addiction and eating disorders as adults, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in Neuropsychopharmacology. |
11 January 2006 |
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Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Nature Immunology how infection fighting mechanisms in the body can distinguish between a virus and the healthy body, shedding new light on auto immune disorders. |
10 January 2006 |
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A screening test for prostate cancer that measures prostate-specific antigen levels does not improve survival, researchers at the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale School of Medicine report in the January 9 Archives of Internal Medicine. |
09 January 2006 |
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Carbonated soft drink consumption was previously suggested to be linked to the 350 percent increase of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus since the mid-1970s, but researchers at Yale School of Medicine report that the link is unfounded and that there may, in fact, be a decreased risk of this cancer for diet soda drinkers. |
06 January 2006 |
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Knowing whether the presence of a parent diminishes or increases a child's anxiety prior to surgery may soon be answered with a new psychometric instrument developed at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Georgia. |
05 January 2006 |
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A major cause of overeating is eating too many flavors all at once, triggering the hypothalamus in the brain to ask for more food, according to David Katz, M.D., Associate Professor Adjunct in Public Health Practice at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale. |
05 January 2006 |
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Genes that control the timing of organ formation during development also control timing of aging and death, and provide evidence of a biological timing mechanism for aging, Yale researchers report in the journal Science. |
22 December 2005 |
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Researchers in the Department of Pathology at Yale University School of Medicine report that when using current pathology methods of biomarker detection, the concentration of antibodies used dramatically alters the apparent relationship of biomarker level to clinical outcome. The paper appears in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
20 December 2005 |
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The recently emerged field of bacterial riboswitches may be a good hunting ground for effective targets against bacterial infection, according to a report by Yale researchers in the journal Chemistry and Biology. |
16 December 2005 |
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By sequencing the genome of the symbiotic bacterium Sodalis, which lives off the major disease-transmitting insect, the tsetse fly, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have come a step closer to understanding how microbial pathogens cause disease. |
15 December 2005 |
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The langerhans cells are marked in red and another cell type are in green. Wild-type mice are on the bottom and have both the red and green cells. Then transgenic mice are on the top and still have the green cells but the red cells are missing. |
15 December 2005 |
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Beta blockers are not effective in preventing development of varices, veins in the esophagus that can rupture and bleed, as a consequence of cirrhosis, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
13 December 2005 |
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The rates of chronic disability in older Americans has been substantially overestimated by about forty percent, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the December 12 Archives of Internal Medicine. |
12 December 2005 |
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Racial minorities participate in health research studies at the same rate as whites when they meet the study criteria and when they are informed about the opportunity to enroll in the study, according to an article by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Yale School of Medicine. |
06 December 2005 |
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T-ray sensing and imaging technology, which can spot cracks in space shuttle foam, see biological agents through a sealed envelope and detect tumors without harmful radiation, was the focus of a recent symposium at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society. |
06 December 2005 |
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Yale public health researcher Nora Groce chaired the Thematic Group on Violence against Disabled Children convened by UNICEF at the United Nations, which has made recommendations for ending violence against disabled children in the forthcoming UN Secretary General's Report on Violence against Children. |
06 December 2005 |
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There may be a relationship between incarceration and race disparities in American HIV rates, Yale researchers report in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. |
06 December 2005 |
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More than half of the largest galaxies in the nearby universe have collided and merged with another galaxy in the past two billion years, according to a Yale astronomer in a study using hundreds of images from two of the deepest sky surveys ever conducted. |
06 December 2005 |
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A team of scientists at Yale University has completed the first comprehensive map of the proteins and kinase signaling network that controls how cells of higher organisms operate, according to a report this week in the journal Nature. |
01 December 2005 |
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A Yale School of Medicine study in the December issue of The Lancet Oncology challenges mainstream oncology researchers to consider tumor cell hybridization with white blood cells as a major reason that cancer metastasizes or spreads to other parts of the body. |
30 November 2005 |
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Yale School of Medicine, accelerating the pace of research on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, today announced the launch of an interdepartmental program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair. |
29 November 2005 |
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Investigators at Yale School of Medicine and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario, Canada, report that elderly heart failure patients hospitalized in the United States have better short-term survival than those in Canada, but lose that advantage over time. |
29 November 2005 |
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A clinical study of ovarian cancer initiated by investigators at Yale School of Medicine will combine the anti-cancer drug phenoxodiol with docetaxel for women with recurrent ovarian cancer. |
28 November 2005 |
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A team of Yale scientists have demonstrated a method to understand effective synthesis of semiconductor nanowires for both their quality and quantity, according to a report published in the journal Nanotechnology. |
28 November 2005 |
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded a multi-site grant to Yale, Harvard University and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, to evaluate the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics program in adults with Tourette syndrome. |
22 November 2005 |
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Methylphenidate, a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, may be effective in treating hyperactivity symptoms in children with autism and related pervasive developmental disorders, researchers report in the November Archives of General Psychiatry. |
22 November 2005 |
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Research in Japan and at Yale University School of Medicine shows that infection with a weak strain of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease prevents infection by more virulent strains and that the protection requires persistent replication by the infectious agent, but not misfolded prions. |
20 November 2005 |
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A report in Nature November 17 by Yale School of Medicine researchers emphasizes which cells are important in mounting an antibody response to invading microbes. |
18 November 2005 |
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Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows meditation also is associated with increased cortical thickness. |
10 November 2005 |
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An advanced study launched at Yale School of Medicine is evaluating the role of statin therapy in patients with heart failure, one of the leading causes of hospitalization in people over age 65. |
10 November 2005 |
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Joshua Copel, M.D., a Yale School of Medicine expert in first trimester risk assessment for Down syndrome is available to comment on the First and Second Trimester Evaluation of Risk trial, published November 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
10 November 2005 |
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Sleep apnea, a condition where people stop breathing repeatedly while asleep, increases the risk of stroke and death, according to a study from Yale School of Medicine published November 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
10 November 2005 |
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Researchers at Yale have brought to light a mechanism that regulates the way an internal organelle, the Golgi apparatus, duplicates as cells prepare to divide, according to a report in Science Express. |
07 November 2005 |
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A team of researchers at Yale University is the first to devise a way to predict the microstructure of crystals as they form in materials, according to a report in the September issue of Applied Physics Letters. |
03 November 2005 |
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The Women Faculty Forum at Yale and the Yale Office of WorkLife will present a free and public forum on November 16 focusing on women's healthcare from a variety of perspectives. |
02 November 2005 |
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Pediatric researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a gene on human chromosome 6 called DCDC2, which is linked to dyslexia, a reading disability affecting millions of children and adults. |
28 October 2005 |
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Contrary to popular belief, lymph nodes swell due to recruitment of lymphocytes that are not specific for any given microbe, according to a report by Yale School of Medicine researchers in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
25 October 2005 |
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Yale researchers have reported a method to count the absolute number of individual protein molecules inside a living cell, and to measure accurately where they are located, two basic hurdles for studying biology quantitatively. |
20 October 2005 |
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Infants born with oxygen loss who are given an innovative therapy that lowers their entire body temperature by four degrees within the first six hours of life, have a better chance of survival and lower incidence of brain injury, according to a report in today's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. |
13 October 2005 |
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In what may be a major milestone in Tourette's Syndrome research, scientists at Yale School of Medicine and their colleagues have identified a gene called SLITRK1 that appears to contribute to some cases of TS, according to a report in the October 14 issue of Science. |
12 October 2005 |
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Yale will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 10% below 1990 levels through investment in energy conservation and alternate energy sources, University officials have announced. |
11 October 2005 |
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To prevent medical mishaps with patients caused by telephone communication failures, researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System report in the October issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine that expanded physician and residency training in telephone medicine is needed. |
03 October 2005 |
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Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Science this week genetic evidence for the hypothesis that myelination, or formation of a protective sheath around a nerve fiber, consolidates neural circuitry by suppressing plasticity in the mature brain. |
29 September 2005 |
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In the first study of its kind, researchers at Yale School of Medicine show how hospitals can streamline procedures to reduce the time they take to treat heart attack patients. |
29 September 2005 |
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DNA from museum samples of extinct animals is providing unexpected information on the extent and effect of the Ice Age as well as the path of species evolution, according to a report by scientists from Yale University, the Smithsonian Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. |
29 September 2005 |
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The correlation between pathological gambling and major depression in middle-aged men appears to be heavily influenced by overlapping genetic factors, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and Washington University's School of Medicine. |
22 September 2005 |
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A state-of-the-art treatment program developed at Yale School of Medicine increases survival from the aggressive uterine papillary serous carcinoma and spares some patients the need for additional therapy. |
22 September 2005 |
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School of Medicine researchers identified a gene prevalent in the population that controls the clinical severity of asthma, according to their report in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
20 September 2005 |
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Yale School of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with the University of Connecticut Health Center, have identified three rapid diagnostic methods that can target antibodies commonly found in multiple sclerosis patients, greatly improving potential diagnosis and treatment. |
20 September 2005 |
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Yale researchers report the first evidence that phantom pain following spinal cord injury is the result of hypersensitive neurons in the thalamic region of the brain that can be suppressed with specially designed molecular agents. |
19 September 2005 |
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Oddly enough, having an aneurysm in the ascending aorta is significantly associated with decreased incidence of atherosclerosis, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers published this month in Chest. |
19 September 2005 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine provide direct evidence that two parts of a neuronal system, one that promotes eating and another that suppresses eating, are critical for the acute regulation of eating and body weight, according to a study published online in the September 11 issue of Nature Neuroscience. |
12 September 2005 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that 85 percent of embryos transferred during in vitro fertilization fail to become live births, highlighting the need for improving diagnostic techniques to identify viable embryos. |
08 September 2005 |
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The adult or child who only concentrates when performing an activity in which they have a deep interest, such as playing a sport or drawing, may have 'impotence of the mind,' according to a new book by Thomas E. Brown, clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. |
08 September 2005 |
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Methoxychlor, a common insect pesticide used on food crops, may interfere with proper development and function of the reproductive tract, leading to reduced fertility in women, researchers at Yale School of Medicine write in the August issue of Endocrinology. |
06 September 2005 |
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Release of the neurotransmitter GABA by adult neuronal precursor cells that develop into neurons limits stem cell proliferation, according to a study at Yale School of Medicine in the September issue of Nature Neuroscience. |
01 September 2005 |
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A new study by Yale researchers shows that prior nicotine exposure in mice can increase their motivation to work for food, weeks after their last exposure to nicotine, a finding that runs counter to the popular belief that nicotine exposure curbs appetite. |
31 August 2005 |
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A new study led by researchers at Yale School of Medicine shows for the first time that a low dose oral contraceptive with a unique progestin and dosing regimen is effective in treating symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the most severe form of premenstrual syndrome. |
30 August 2005 |
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The third annual 'Discovery to Cure' High School Internship Program fosters interest in science and research. Students participating in the program were from Mercy, Cheshire and Haddam-Killingworth high schools, as well as The Sound School, Lyman Hall and Covent of the Sacred Heart. |
30 August 2005 |
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Inhibitory systems are essential for controlling the pattern of activity in the cortex, which has important implications for the mechanisms of cortical operation, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Neuron. |
26 August 2005 |
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Long-term hormone therapy used earlier in menopause is associated with fewer wrinkles and less skin rigidity in postmenopausal women, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the August issue of Fertility and Sterility. |
25 August 2005 |
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The rate of insulin-stimulated energy production is significantly reduced in the muscles of lean, healthy young adults who have already developed insulin resistance and are at increased risk of developing diabetes later in life, according to a Yale School of Medicine study. |
25 August 2005 |
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The enzyme nitric oxide synthase plays a role in peripheral vascular disease, a common disease that impairs the mobility of 25 percent of people over the age of 50, according to a Yale study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
25 August 2005 |
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The Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine has received a joint pledge of $250,000 from Amy Cohen and the Saul Z. and Amy S. Cohen Family Foundation to help the Center evaluate the effectiveness of the Intensive In-Home Child Psychiatric Services. |
24 August 2005 |
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Researchers in a study in Neuron this week present the first clear evidence that the brain processes the same odorant molecule differently if it arrives through the nose rather than the mouth. |
19 August 2005 |
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Differences based on race and sex in treatment patterns for hospitalized American heart attack patients have remained unchanged over an eight-year period, despite improvements in quality of heart attack care during this time, Emory and Yale School of Medicine researchers write in the August 18 issue of New England Journal of Medicine. |
17 August 2005 |
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A team of American and British scientists have identified and digitally reconstructed the first example of a fossilized brachiopod complete with its pedicle, the stalk attaching it to the sea floor, and its lophophore or feeding organ, according to a report in the journal Nature. |
17 August 2005 |
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Heart attack patients treated with primary percutaneous intervention at hospitals after hours and on weekends wait longer to receive clot busters and other treatments and have a higher risk of death than those treated during regular hospital hours, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the August 17 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association. |
16 August 2005 |
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Biologists testing a mathematical model of the mechanism birds use to control the growth of complex feathers found that plumed feather structures involve the coordination of at least two genes that activate and that inhibit barb growth. |
16 August 2005 |
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A collaborative project between American and Chinese researchers developed a way to study the function of genes in mice and man by using a moveable genetic element from moths, according to a report in the journal Cell. |
12 August 2005 |
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The effect of the sun's heat on weather balloons largely accounts for a data discrepancy that has long contributed to a dispute over the existence of global warming, according to a report by scientists at Yale University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
12 August 2005 |
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Among patients being treated with antipsychotic medication, including those who were taking the most generation of drugs, a new diagnoses of diabetes did not result in substantial changes in prescription, according to a a study at Yale School of Medicine. |
09 August 2005 |
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Scientists at Yale and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory report the first large-scale survey of patterns of gene expression in flowers, using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, to identify the genes most likely to have critical roles in plant reproduction. |
04 August 2005 |
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The development of bone structures in alligator eggs raised under varying oxygen concentrations creates a link to fossil records of the evolution of vertebrates and prehistoric atmospheric oxygen concentrations, according to a paper to be presented at the Earth System Processes 2 meeting in Alberta, Canada. |
03 August 2005 |
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After reviewing new sound recordings from the White River of Arkansas, an independent team of ornithologists has confirmed the existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. |
02 August 2005 |
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A team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and Gemini Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, report the discovery of a new planet in the outer solar system. Officially designated 2003 UB313, the new planet is intrinsically brighter than Pluto and three times farther away. Assuming the reflectivity of the surface is the same as Pluto's, it is the largest object detected in the solar system since the discovery of Neptune and its moon Triton in 1846. |
29 July 2005 |
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A medication used to ease symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, also is helpful in treating people with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to a pilot study at Yale School of Medicine. |
29 July 2005 |
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In the courtship dance of male Club-winged Manakins, Machaeropterus deliciosus, rubbing and vibrating specialized wing feathers together creates a courting melody to attract their mates, according to a report in Science. |
28 July 2005 |
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Patients who are delirious during hospitalization one year later had 13 percent fewer days of survival during the following year when compared to patients without delirium, according to a study published this month in the Archives of Internal Medicine. |
27 July 2005 |
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Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for biological evolution, previously unrecognized diversity has been discovered among the giant tortoises of the Galápagos, Geochelone nigra, whose distinctiveness was an inspiration in formulating the theory of natural selection. |
27 July 2005 |
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High expression of TRAIL-R2, a cell surface receptor that triggers cell death, has been shown to be associated with a decrease in the survival rates of breast cancer patients according to a study published by Yale Cancer Center researchers in Clinical Cancer Research. |
25 July 2005 |
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