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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:02:00 EST</lastBuildDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Effects of Combat on Returning Female Veterans Focus of Fippinger Grant]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7064</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:02:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do female combat veterans have more problems adjusting to civilian life than males? In one of the first studies of its kind, Women&rsquo;s Health Research at Yale will launch a collaborative study to identify gender differences among returning soldiers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grey Reappointed as Nursing School Dean]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7047</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Symposium Explores ‘The Promise of Yale Psychiatry’]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7053</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7061</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:49:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Yale University have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body&rsquo;s immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells. Their findings, published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, could lead to novel therapeutic approaches for these diseases.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gene Increases Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress, Yale Researchers Find]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7042</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A gene variant makes people who experienced trauma as children or adults more susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Yale researchers have found.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers Unlock the “Sound of Learning” by Linking Sensory and Motor Systems]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7045</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Testosterone Study in Older Men May Hold Key to Healthy, Independent Lives; Participants Sought for Clinical Trial at Yale School of Medicine ]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7043</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:50:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[There’s A Doctor Behind ‘House’: Internist Lisa Sanders]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7023</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yale internist Dr. Lisa Sanders makes no apologies for being a big fan of one not-always-realistic medical drama.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sackler Institute Symposium Celebrates Interdisciplinary Scientific Endeavors ]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7030</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences held its inaugural symposium on Oct. 16 at West Campus.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[University’s Leading Role in Stem Cell Research Is Highlighted at Center’s Annual Retreat]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7031</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More than 200 people attended the Yale Stem Cell Center's second annual Stem Cell Retreat held Oct. 23 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flu Vaccine Given To Women During Pregnancy Keeps Infants Out of the Hospital]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7038</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:35:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Infants born to women who received influenza vaccine during pregnancy were hospitalized at a lower rate than infants born to unvaccinated mothers, according to preliminary results of an ongoing study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The team presented the study October 29 at the 47th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Philadelphia.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yale Physicians Receive $4.1 Million Grant to Study New Treatment for Alcohol-Dependent HIV-Positive Inmates Transitioning Back Into Society]]></title>
<link>http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7017</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:19:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two Yale School of Medicine physicians have been awarded a $4.1 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a new pharmacological treatment for newly released HIV-positive inmates with alcohol dependence who are transitioning back into the community.]]></description>
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