2004 News Archive: Health & Medicine

December 
12/21/04Yale Receives Award from Doris Duke Foundation
12/20/04Blocking Molecule Protects Health of Implants
12/17/04Children's Anxiety Prior to Surgery Linked to Subsequent Delirium and Behavior Changes
12/14/04Three Yale Scientists Receive Ellison Medical Foundation Awards:
Support Totals $3 Million for Global Infectious Disease Research
12/14/04Three Yale Scientists Receive Ellison Medical Foundation Awards:
Support Totals $3 Million for Global Infectious Disease Research
12/13/04Vaccinating Wildlife Can Reduce Human Risk for Lyme Disease
12/10/04Drug to Treat ADHD Has Similar Effect on Children with Reading Disorders
12/08/04Brain Activity Reflects Complexity of Responses to Faces of Other Races
12/03/04Delayed Hospice Care Can Increase Depression Among Survivors After Death of a Loved One
12/02/04After a Decade, Dean of Public Health, Michael Merson Steps Down

 

November 
11/29/04Yale and Pfizer Launch Visiting Professorship Pilot Program
11/23/04Elderly with Advanced Chronic Diseases Burdened with Symptoms
11/19/04Second Annual High School Internship at Yale OB-GYN Promotes Interest in Science
11/19/04Brain Imaging Study of Drunk Drivers Pinpoints Neurological Changes
11/18/04Social Supports Lessen Effects of Maltreatment on Children Vulnerable to Depression
11/16/04Study Links Ozone, Mortality in Urban Areas
11/16/04Brain's Nicotine Receptors Also Target for Anti-Depressants
11/15/04Lyme Disease Receptor Identified in Tick Guts
11/12/04Yale Study Might Help Smokers Quit
11/12/04Yale Receives $2.5 Million Drug Treatment Grant for Pregnant Women
11/10/04Gambling In Adolescents and Young Adults Associated with Psychiatric Problems and Substance Use Disorders
11/08/04Edward H. Kaplan Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
11/05/04Breast Cancer Expert From Yale Available to Speak With
11/05/04Breast Cancer Expert From Yale Available to Speak With Media
11/03/04Statistical Analysis of Genetic Substance Abuse Data Focus of NIDA Research Grants
11/03/04Lower Level of Education Can Impede Recovery in Elderly After Hospitalization
11/02/04Hospitalization and Restricted Activity Can Lead to Disability Among Elderly
11/01/04American Association for the Advancement of Science Names Fellows from Yale
11/01/04Electronic Records to Improve Care for Children with Asthma

 

October 
10/28/04Enzyme Linked to Mania and Schizophrenia Impairs Higher Brain Functions
10/28/04Regatta to Benefit Women's Health Research at Yale
10/27/04Spinal Cord Nerve Regeneration Occurs in Absence of Nogo Receptor
10/27/04Breast Cancer Risk, Prognosis and Weight Gain Reduced with Physical Activity
10/27/04Yale to Study Marijuana, Ecstasy and Teen Cognitive Deficits
10/26/04C-E.A. Winslow Medal Presented to William H. Foege October 28
10/26/04Yale Shares Flu Vaccine with City of New Haven
10/25/04Yale TTURC Funded for Next Round of Studies
10/22/04Estrogen or Stimulating Environment Boost Memory
10/20/04Committee on International Health Symposium to Showcase International Research
10/20/04Study Reports Genetic Susceptibility to Alcoholism in NMDA Receptor
10/14/04Bathing Disability in Elderly Focus of $1.2 Million NIA Grant
10/13/04In Memoriam: Respected Yale Radiologist and Pioneer in MRI Technology, Robert Lange
10/13/04Yale Participates in $60 Million Alzheimer's Disease Study
10/13/04Melanin Makes Skin Vulnerable to Harmful Ultraviolet Rays
10/12/04Yale Receives $5 Million to Study Stress-Related Problems in Pregnancy
10/11/04Inaugural Robinson Memorial Lecture at Yale on Nov. 17
10/11/04Yale Researcher Receives NARSAD Grant
10/08/04School of Medicine Alumnus, Martin Gordon, M.D., ('46) awarded Peter Parker Medal
10/07/04Yale Recognizes Vital Role of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in Biomedical Research and Education
10/07/04Yale Researcher Receives Pfizer Foundation for Health in Aging Faculty Scholar Award
10/07/04School Development Program Celebrates 35th Anniversary With Symposium October 11-12
10/05/04Black and Hispanic Patients Wait Longer for Heart Attack Treatment
10/04/04Some Anti-Psychotic Medications May Trigger Diabetes

 

September 
09/28/04Physiological Basis of Hereditary Pain Syndrome Identified
09/22/04Yale Researchers Discover VEGF Molecule Contributes to the Development of Asthma
09/22/04$7.5 Million Grant to Yale Researchers for Role of Viruses in Cancer
09/21/04Yale School of Nursing Receives $2.5 Million Grant for Health Research
09/21/04Yale Researcher Receives Sixth Annual Novartis Award in Diabetes
09/20/04St. Petersburg/New Haven Partnership for HIV/AIDS Care, Treatment and Support Launched Today
09/20/04Center of Excellence in Aging Awarded John A. Hartford Foundation Grant
09/20/04Yale Digital Diagnostic Technology Is Basis of New Company, HistoRx Inc.
09/14/04In Memoriam: Premier Young Leader in Vascular Biology and Tissue Engineering, Jeffrey S. Schechner, M.D.
09/10/04Yale Neurologist Receives Presidential Award
09/09/04Recreational Gambling Appears to be Associated with Good Health in Older Adults
09/08/04Link Between Breast Density and Risk of Non-invasive Breast Cancer Focus of $1.3 Million National Cancer Institute Grant to Yale
09/07/04News Media Subtly Influence Attitudes about Gender Differences
09/07/04Drug Therapy Reduces Risk of Stroke During Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

 

August 
08/31/04Treating Systolic High Blood Pressure in Older Persons is Beneficial
08/31/04Acting Dean of Yale School of Nursing Appointed
08/27/04$17 Million Grant From NIH for Epilepsy Study at Yale
08/24/04Older Runners Pick Up Speed Quicker than Younger Runners
08/18/04First Look at the Atomic Structure of a Protein Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
08/09/04More Aggressive Breast Cancer Tumors Found in African American Women
08/03/04Treatment for Pulmonary Fibrosis May be Achieved by Blocking Cell Death in the Lung

 

July 
07/29/04Yale Researcher Finds Pattern in Maintaining Weight Loss
07/29/04Yale Child Study Center Receives Grant For Adolescent Psychiatry Service
07/23/04Yale Scientists Visualize Details of How Hepatitis C Unwinds RNA
07/20/04Air Travelers with Cardiovascular Disease Remain Safe-with Some Recommendations
07/20/04NARSAD Funds 11 Yale University and Affiliated Researchers
07/20/04Yale Surgeon Receives Jahnigen Career Award
07/15/04Yale Receives $2.1 Million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant for HIV Prevention in India
07/12/04Heart Failure Patients Respond Well to Beta-Blocker Drugs
07/08/04Ira Mellman, Ph.D. Named Scientific Director of the Yale Cancer Center
07/06/04Imaging Technology May be Used to Diagnose Melancholic Depression
07/06/04Endometrial Cells Can Originate from Donor-Derived Bone Marrow Cells
07/06/04Cutting Edge Autism Research at Yale Boosted by $2.6 M Grant from Simons Foundation
07/02/04Bone Marrow Cells Can Produce Epithelial Cells Without Fusion

 

June 
06/30/04Donaghue Women's Health Investigator Program Awards Grants to Three at Yale
06/25/04Yale Researchers Receive $4.5 Million Grant to Study Spinal Cord Repair
06/25/04Reception to Be Held for New Haven Oral History Project Exhibition
06/24/04In Memoriam: Edmund Slocum Crelin, Jr., Created First Anatomical Atlas of Newborn Infants
06/23/04$2.9 Million CDC Grant to Yale for Study of Lyme Disease Transmission to Humans
06/23/04Edward Chu Named Chief of Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center
06/23/04Edward Chu Named Chief of Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center
06/18/04Salmonella Infects Cells and Saves Itself by Altering Host Membrane Lipids
06/18/04Yale Neurosurgery Awarded $5.5 Million for Parkinson's Disease Research
06/17/04National Center for Children Exposed to Violence Begins Annual Conference Today
06/16/04New York Magazine Names 56 Yale Physicians Among the Region's Best Doctors
06/15/04Olfactory System Matures in Different Stages
06/14/04'Discovery to Cure' Gala to Benefit Research, Early Detection and Treatment of Women's Reproductive Cancers
06/14/04Study Finds Cannabis Triggers Transient Schizophrenia-Like Symptoms
06/11/04Yale Researchers Discover New Potential Asthma Therapeutic Targets Related to Parasites and Insects
06/08/04Age, Race and Sex Disparity Found in Cancer Research Trial Participation
06/08/04Yale Researcher Finds You Become Who You Say You Are
06/07/04Yale Professor Receives Award for Prostate Cancer Research
06/07/04Sara Rockwell, Yale Cancer Researcher, Presents Virginia Logan Lecture
06/03/04Prevalence of Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Increases as Children Become More Obese
06/03/04Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor Elected Chairperson of Women in Cancer Research Council of the American Association for Cancer Research
06/01/04tudy Finds High Rate of Genetic Mutation in Younger Korean Women with Breast Cancer
06/01/04Study Finds High Rate of Genetic Mutation in Younger Korean Women with Breast Cancer

 

May 
05/27/04Targeting Genes with Viruses to Select Populations of Nerve Cells
05/26/04Researchers Identify Basis for Irreversible Damage in Multiple Sclerosis
05/07/04 Losing a Job Near Retirement Age Significantly Increases Risk of Stroke
05/07/04 Losing a Job Near Retirement Age Significantly Increases Risk of Stroke
05/05/04Yale Physician Receives National Award for Geriatric Patient-Oriented Research
05/04/04Yale Faculty Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
05/04/04Yale One of 12 Centers Comparing Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
05/03/04Yale K12 Mentored Clinical Research Scholars Announced

 

April 
04/30/04Nephrologist Robert Alpern Named Dean of Yale School of Medicine
04/28/04Chemotherapy Agent Transmits "Death Signal" to Other Cells
04/28/04Chemotherapy Agent Transmits "Death Signal" to Other Cells
04/26/04Researchers Show Cystic Fibrosis Defect in Mice Corrected with Turmeric Extract
04/26/04Researchers Show Cystic Fibrosis Defect in Mice Corrected with Turmeric Extract
04/23/04Four Yale Nursing Faculty Develop Models of Health Care Under Beatrice Renfield Clinical Research Initiatives Fund
04/23/04Yale Professor Donna Diers Will Read From Her New Book on Nursing
04/23/04Study Reveals Cause of Loss of Consciousness During Seizures
04/22/04Yale Grads Donate Defibrillators to Engineering: Training Comes Full Circle
04/21/04Primary Immunodeficiency Diagnostic Center Opens at Yale During PI Awareness Week
04/21/04Link Between Exercise and Breast Cancer Survival to be Explored in New Yale Study
04/21/04Imaging Test Could Be Used To Diagnose Schizophrenia
04/20/04Hospice Care Operated by For-Profit Companies Provides Narrower Range of Services
04/20/04State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Will Speak at Yale April 21
04/20/04Major Disasters Symposium at Yale School of Medicine April 21
04/20/04AIDS Science Day to Highlight "Politics, Ideology and HIV/AIDS Prevention"
04/19/04Early Intervention for Reading Disability Aids Development of Brain System Responsible for Skilled Reading and Improves Reading Fluency
04/19/04A Study of the Unconscious Shows How the Brain Processes Unseen Images
04/19/04Early Intervention for Reading Disability Aids Development of Brain System Responsible for Skilled Reading and Improves Reading Fluency
04/19/04A Study of the Unconscious Shows How the Brain Processes Unseen Images
04/15/04The Art of Medicine: Image-Making and Communication Symposium at Yale University: April 15-17
04/14/04RESCHEDULED EVENT: BioHaven Speaker Series Revived Lecture: "Trends in Pharma-Biotech Dealmaking"
04/13/04Yale School of Nursing Symposium on Midwifery April 29-30
04/08/04Older People Recover from Disabling Events More Often than Previously Thought
04/06/04Continuous Changes in Brain's Appetite Center May be Key to Understanding Obesity
04/06/04Former Nursing School Dean Florence Wald Named "A Connecticut Treasure"
04/05/04Yale Dedicates "Practice Suites" for Medical School Students
04/01/04Deleting Neural STAT3 Protein in Mice Causes Extreme Obesity, Diabetes and Infertility

 

March 
03/30/04CORRECTION: Time of Talk for Noted Physician/Activist Paul Farmer to Speak at Yale School of Nursing
03/30/04Smoking Related to Suicide Attempts in Teens with Psychiatric Illnesses
03/29/04Light Therapy Appears Effective for Depression During Pregnancy
03/23/04Yale Researchers Detect How the Immune System Recognizes Certain Viruses
03/18/04Yale Interdisciplinary Collaboration To Forward Multiple Sclerosis Research
03/18/04Value of Animal Studies to Clinical Research Questioned
03/17/04Nobel Chemist, Peter Agre, to Speak at Yale Medical School
03/16/04BioHaven Speaker Series Revived With Lecture: "Trends in Pharma-Biotech Dealmaking"
03/16/04Noted Physician/Activist Paul Farmer to Speak at Yale School of Nursing
03/15/04JDRF Center for the Study of Hypoglycemia at Yale Receives Corporate Sponsorship from Stop & Shop
03/11/04Yale Program for Traumatized Children is Model for New Training Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
03/11/04Yale Establishes Neuroscience Institute With Gift from the Kavli Foundation
03/08/04Diets High in Fat and Animal Protein Linked to Increased Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
03/03/04Disulfiram Combined with Behavioral Therapy Effective In Treating Cocaine Addiction
03/02/04CURE and Yale University Launch Connecticut's BioBus Honors Program
03/02/04Yale Symposium on Recovering from Mental Illness
03/01/04Health Care Advocate to Speak at Yale School of Nursing

 

February 
02/26/04Earlier Diagnosis of Schizophrenia Improves Results of Treatment
02/24/04Yale School of Nursing Explores Physician/Nurse Collaborative Practice
02/20/04In Memoriam: Physician-Virologist who Pioneered Study of Virus Relationship, Jordi Casals-Ariet
02/17/04Chicken Pox Vaccine Effectiveness Decreases After First Year, But Still Yields Excellent Protection From the Virus
02/12/04Young People Prone to Type 2 Diabetes Exhibit Alterations in Mitochondrial Activity
02/12/04Experimental Drug Used to Treat Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Shows Promising Results
02/05/04$6 Million Awarded to Yale for Parkinson's Disease Research
02/04/04In Memoriam: World Renowned Authority on Infectious Diseases, Robert E. Shope
02/04/04In Memoriam: International Expert on Neonatal Medicine and Developmental Biology, Joseph B. Warshaw
02/04/04Three Yale Researchers Win National Awards in Aging
02/03/04Study Implicates Enzyme in Certain Epileptic Seizures

 

January 
01/27/04Yale Biostatistician Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association
01/26/04New Pharmacological Strategies Could Help Smokers Quit
01/23/04Hair Dye Use Increases Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
01/21/04Estrogen Makes the Brain More Vulnerable to Stress
01/15/04Cutting down on cigarettes promotes quitting, Yale study says
01/13/04Yale Nursing Highlights Role in Global Health Care
01/13/04Yale Hosting International Conference on Neuroimaging and Alcoholism
01/12/04Frederick Redlich, Former Dean of Yale Medical School, Dies
01/12/04Veterans with PTSD Fared Better After the September 11, 2001 Attack
01/09/04Drug Abuse Programs Highlighted at Yale Grand Rounds January 14
01/05/04"Paper of the Year" Winner for Biomedical Research Announced