Health & Medicine News
Flu Vaccine Given To Women During Pregnancy Keeps Infants Out of the Hospital
Preliminary results show infants born to women who received influenza vaccine during pregnancy were hospitalized at a lower rate than infants born to unvaccinated mothers.
Yale Team Reveals How Immune System Gets Primed for Battle
In a study that sheds light on the inner workings of the immune system, a Yale-led team of researchers has revealed hidden details of how CD4+ T helper cells mobilize the body’s immune system to fight infection. The research appears in the November 9 Advance Online Publication of Nature.com.
Effects of Combat on Returning Female Veterans Focus of Fippinger Grant
Do female combat veterans have more problems adjusting to civilian life than males? In one of the first studies of its kind, Women’s Health Research at Yale will launch a collaborative study to identify gender differences among returning soldiers.
Grey Reappointed as Nursing School Dean
Margaret Grey has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Yale University School of Nursing (YSN), effective July 1, President Richard C. Levin has announced.
Symposium Explores ‘The Promise of Yale Psychiatry’
A symposium on "The Promise of Yale Psychiatry" will held on Friday, Nov. 13, to mark the installation of Dr. John H. Krystal as the sixth chair of the Department of Psychiatry.
New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer
Researchers have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body’s immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells.
Gene Increases Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress, Yale Researchers Find
A gene variant makes people who experienced trauma as children or adults more susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Yale researchers have found.
Researchers Unlock the “Sound of Learning” by Linking Sensory and Motor Systems
Learning to talk also changes the way speech sounds are heard, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research laboratory. The findings could have a major impact on improving speech disorders.
Testosterone Study in Older Men May Hold Key to Healthy, Independent Lives; Participants Sought for Clinical Trial at Yale School of Medicine
Low levels of testosterone, the major male hormone, may contribute to a number of problems in older men, such as decreased physical and sexual function, impaired cognition, low vitality, cardiovascular disease and anemia. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine will test whether these conditions can be improved with testosterone therapy.
There’s A Doctor Behind ‘House’: Internist Lisa Sanders
Yale internist Dr. Lisa Sanders makes no apologies for being a big fan of one not-always-realistic medical drama.
Sackler Institute Symposium Celebrates Interdisciplinary Scientific Endeavors
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences held its inaugural symposium on Oct. 16 at West Campus.
