2002 News Archive: Health & Medicine

December 
12/20/02Study Pinpoints Brain Activity Related to Reducing Drowsiness
12/19/02Yale Clinical Trial Tests New Approach for Treatment of Women with Ovarian Cancer
12/18/02Yale Researcher Reports New Role of Cilia in Cystic Fibrosis
12/10/02Study Shows People with Epilepsy Take Antiepileptic Drugs for Average of Six to Eight Months
12/10/02Center on Sex-Specific Effects of Stress on Cocaine Addiction to be Established at Yale With $5.8 Million Grant
12/09/02Husband and Wife Neurobiologists at Yale Share Prestigious Gerard Prize in Neuroscience

 

November 
11/28/02Yale and University of Connecticut Researchers May Have Found Mechanism to Mimic Lowering Caloric Intake as a Way of Increasing Lifespan
11/26/02Researchers at Yale Develop Breakthrough Drug Discovery Technology
11/25/02Yale Researchers Receive $1.6 Million NIH Grant to Study the Genetics of Drug Dependence
11/22/02Yale Offers Course on Preparing for Bioterrorism and other Disasters
11/18/02Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro to Address Yale Conference on Tobacco and Alcohol Abuse
11/11/02Yale Child Study Center Receives $11 Million in Federal Grants
11/08/02Yale Researcher Succeeds in Creating Blood Vessels using Artificial Means
11/06/02Yale Conference to Examine HIV/AIDS Threat to Global Security

 

October 
10/31/02Popular Heart Failure Drug May be Dangerous for Women, Yale Researchers Report
10/31/02Yale Helping to Train Connecticut Health Care Workers about Bioterrorism
10/18/02Two Yale Researchers Receive Donaghue Investigator Award
10/17/02Yale Dean of Public Health Elected to Prestigious Institute of Medicine
10/15/02Experts Hold Public Discussion of Canada's Health Care System
10/14/02Yale Researchers Provide New Insight into Cell Growth
10/11/02Yale Epidemiologist Receives $1.3 Million Grant for Training in Vector-Borne Diseases
10/11/02Yale Researcher Receives Bristol-Myers Squibb Neuroscience Award for Innovative Research Discoveries
10/10/02Results of Autism Study Could Help Researchers with Early Detection and Measuring Severity of Condition
10/08/02"Conference 2002: Factoring in Gender" Will Shed Light on Future of Women's Health Research
10/02/02National Library of Medicine Grant Funds Creation of New Consumer Health Information Network
10/02/02Exercise and Strength Training Could Improve Physical Decline in Elderly
10/02/02Very Little Tobacco Settlement Income or other Funding Allocated For Tobacco Control Programs

 

September 
09/30/02Clot-Busting Drugs Are Often Misused, Sometimes with Fatal Consequences, According to a Yale Researcher
09/26/02Yale Physician Reviews Research to Dispel Myth About Pregnant Women and Cats
09/25/02Yale Researchers Shed Light on B Cells' Involvement in Autoimmune Diseases like Lupus
09/24/02Federal Government Not Funding Enough Research For Mental Health Problems in Children, Yale Study Finds
09/18/02Yale Professor Receives $1 Million Grant to Make Science More Interesting to Undergraduate Students
09/16/02Lower Rates of Cardiac Diagnostic Procedure Use in Women Restricted to Cases Where Indications are Unclear, Yale Researchers Report
09/11/02Yale Researchers Receive $3.4 Million Grant to Find Natural Genetic Methods of Protecting Crops Against Infectious Plant Diseases

 

August 
08/27/02U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd To Speak at Yale Aug. 28 About Bill to Expand Newborn Screening
08/26/02The Ecological and Health Effects of the Vietnam War Subject of International Symposium at Yale
08/22/02Yale Researchers Provide New Insight for Brain Function With Quantitative Functional MRI
08/12/02In Memoriam: Pioneer in Thoracic Surgery and Former Chair of Surgery at Yale
08/01/02Antipsychotic Medication Is Effective in Treating Behavior Problems in Autistic Children, Yale-Based Study Shows

 

July 
07/29/02Thinking Positively About Aging Extends Life More than Exercise and Not Smoking
07/19/02Smoking Cessation Drug May be Helpful for Nicotine Addiction in Schizophrenics
07/16/02Research Does Not Support Worry that Beta Blockers Cause Depression, Fatigue and Sexual Dysfunction
07/16/02Researchers at Yale Identify Neurological Disruption in Children with Dyslexia
07/08/02New York Magazine Names 59 Yale Physicians among the Region's Best Doctors
07/08/02Yale Child Study Center Director Appoints New Chief of Child Psychiatry
07/08/02Yale Child Study Center Director Appoints New Chief of Child Psychiatry

 

June 
06/28/02Yale's SCHOLAR Program Helps New Haven Public School Students Prepare for Careers in Science and Medicine
06/25/02In Memoriam: Renowned Yale Child Psychiatrist Albert J. Solnit
06/13/02Yale Pediatrician to Deliver Senate Testimony on Importance of Newborn Screening
06/13/02Needle Exchange-Based Health Services Reduce Emergency Department Use
06/12/02Auditorium Dedicated to Memory of Donald J. Cohen, Former Director of the Yale Child Study Center
06/07/02Yale Researchers Trace Embryonic Origin of Key Neurons in the Brain
06/03/02Yale Receives $2.4 Million Grant for Stem Cell Research Related To Parkinson's Disease

 

May 
05/29/02Yale Researchers Develop Peptide that Promotes New Growth in Laboratory Animals with Injured Spinal Cords
05/29/02Use of Tampons and Sexual Activity Protect Women Against Endometriosis
05/28/02Two Yale Researchers Elected to National Academy of Sciences, One of the Highest Honors Accorded to Scientists
05/23/02Rising Unemployment Causes Higher Death Rates, New study by Yale Researcher Shows
05/16/02Drug Gives Relief During Labor and Delivery Without Uncomfortable Numbness, Yale Study Shows
05/16/02Yale Researchers Find Potential Target for Treatment and Prevention of Osteoporosis
05/13/02End-of-Life Care Influenced by Physicians' Knowledge and Attitudes
05/10/02Yale Pediatrician Appointed to NIH Neurology Advisory Council

 

April 
04/29/02The Future of Therapeutic Cloning Discussed at Yale Symposium
04/29/02Yale Researchers Report on Brain Activity Believed Related to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
04/24/02Press Conference to Announce $7.1 Million NIH Grant for Improved Epilepsy Treatment
04/24/02Restorative Rather than Usual Home Care for Elderly Patients Enhances Their Function and Well Being
04/23/02Yale Establishes New Center for Genomics and Proteomics
04/22/02The Legacy of Agent Orange Discussed at Yale Symposium
04/18/02NARSAD Awards Grants to 10 Yale Researchers
04/16/02Welfare Reform Shows Few Gains for Young Children: Sobering National Report as Congress Debates Bush Family Proposals
04/15/02Anti-Fungal Agent that Curbed Cocaine Use in Rodents Has Opposite Effect in Humans, a Yale Study Shows
04/12/02Noted Pediatrician Ben Carson to Speak at Yale
04/11/02Higher Dosage of Cocaine Vaccine Is Being Tested By Researchers at Yale
04/08/02Yale Will Hold Symposium April 20 on New Advances In Treating the Mentally Ill
04/08/02Noted Pediatrician Ben Carson to Speak at Yale
04/04/02More Patients Would Refuse Treatment if They Knew the Outcome Would Mean Greatly Impaired Quality of Life
04/03/02Elderly Patients Have a High Risk of Stroke Within Six Months of a Heart Attack
04/02/02Technique Used to Detect Unexplained Illness and Death, May also be Used in Bioterrorism Surveillance
04/02/02AIDS Science Day at Yale to Explore "Communities and HIV/AIDS Research"
04/01/02Health-care Experts to Discuss Challenges and Dilemmas of 'Patient-Driven Care'
04/01/02Health-care Experts to Discuss Challenges and Dilemmas of 'Patient-Driven Care'
04/01/02Health-care Experts to Discuss Challenges and Dilemmas of 'Patient-Driven Care'

 

March 
03/25/02$1.65 Million Grant Allows Tobacco Research Center to Communicate Findings, Do Policy Research
03/18/02Yale Experts Publish "The Yale Child Study Center Guide to Understanding Your Child"
03/15/02Brain Virus May Give Clues to Causes Underlying Psychiatric and Neurological Problems
03/14/02Second Patient with Multiple Sclerosis Undergoes Groundbreaking Surgery at Yale
03/14/02Yale Study Shows 25 Per Cent of Obese Children Are at High Risk for Developing Diabetes
03/13/02Yale Study of Hospital Website Ratings Finds Mixed Results
03/12/02New Index Developed by Yale Researcher to Assess The Risk of Mortality in an Elderly Population
03/11/02Yale-Designed Protocol Results in Increased Diagnoses of Problems That Are Often Overlooked in the Elderly
03/04/02Women's Health Research at Yale Receives $100,000 Endowment Grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
03/04/02Alan Kazdin Named New Director of Yale Child Study Center

 

February 
02/22/02Yale Researchers Reveal How Fresh Water Bacteria That Cause Legionnaire's Disease, Take Hold in Cells
02/21/02Yale School of Nursing Partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and ConvaTec to Develop new Wound Care Program
02/18/02Using Cocaine During Pregnancy May Damage Developing Fetuses Causing Lifelong Learning Disabilities
02/15/02Last Surviving Health Care Member Associated with Controversial "Tuskegee Syphilis Study" will Speak at the Yale School of Nursing
02/14/02Yale University Awarded National Grant to Establish a Central Consumer Health Information Center at the New Haven Free Public Library
02/14/02Repeated Cocaine Use Impairs Region of the Brain That Governs Self Control
02/11/02Art Exhibition at Yale to Honor Memory of Dr. Donald Cohen
02/07/02In Memoriam: Robert Berliner, "The Dean of Renal Physiology"
02/07/02Yale Researcher Receives $1.4 Million Grant To Study the Hypocretin Cells Involved in Narcolepsy
02/01/02Nine Yale Surgeons on New York Magazine's List of Top 100 Minimally Invasive Surgeons
02/01/02A Peptide Whose Absence Leads to Narcolepsy Also Might Play Role in Pain Sensation, Yale Researchers Finds

 

January 
01/28/02Dosage Appears to be a Critical Factor in Cocaine Vaccine
01/24/02Yale School of Medicine Dean David Kessler to Chair The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Board of Directors
01/23/02Yale School Development Program Founder James Comer Unveils "Discovery Room" Initiative
01/22/02Transition Counseling Needed Following Exposure to Combat Situations, Yale Researcher Recommends
01/17/02Ancients May Have Been Right that "Humors" Are Linked to Depression According to Study of Seasonal Affective Disorder
01/16/02Early Breast Cancer Shares Some Risk Factors with Advanced Breast Cancer, A Study by Yale Researchers Shows
01/15/02Yale Receives $9 Million Grant to Apply Research Findings To Problem of Alcoholism
01/15/02Yale Honors Civil Rights Hero with Program "In the Pursuit of Justice: Leadership in the Memory of Martin Luther King"
01/14/02Schizophrenia Causes Complex Language Processing Deficits
01/11/02In Memoriam: Ruth Whittemore, Yale Pediatrician Who Participated In First "Blue Baby" Operation
01/11/02Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To Be Held at Yale School of Medicine's
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
01/09/02The Number of People Treated for Depression has Tripled
01/07/02Smoking May Improve Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenic Patients, Yale Researchers Find
01/07/02Yale Study Shows Rinsing Contaminated Syringes with Water And Bleach Still Effective Means of Killing HIV
01/03/02Yale AIDS Research Program Receives $1.5 Million Award to Establish Research Collaboration with South African University
01/03/02Director of Women's Health Research at Yale Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
01/03/02Director of Women's Health Research at Yale Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
01/02/02Yale Faculty Member Discusses Social History of Blood Policies
01/02/02Acupuncture Not Effective as a Stand-alone Treatment for Cocaine Addiction