2005 News Archive: Health & Medicine

December 
12/15/05Genetic Clues to Sodalis Deepens Knowledge of Bacterial Diseases
12/15/05Langerhans Cells Regulate Immune Reactions in the Skin
12/13/05Beta Blockers Not Effective in Preventing Gastroesophageal Complications from Cirrhosis
12/12/05Chronic Disability in Older Americans Greatly Overestimated
12/07/05Forum on Climate and Disease December 9 and 10
12/07/05Talk at Yale on Gender and Heart Disease
12/07/05Yale Psychiatrist Receives NIMH Merit Award
12/06/05Racial Minority Participation in Clinical Trials Increase with Information and Access
12/06/05UNICEF Report Shows Disabled Children at Serious Risk
12/06/05Relationship Between Incarceration and Race Disparities in U.S. HIV Rates Explored
12/05/05Yale School of Medicine Helps Establish National Neuroscience Network
12/01/05Yale Public Health Professor Elected President of Society for Epidemiologic Research

 

November 
11/30/05New Evidence Supports Century-Old Theory of Cancer Spread
11/30/05Yale Professor is President-Elect of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
11/29/05Yale School of Medicine Focuses Top Scientists on Neurodegenerative Diseases
11/29/05Short-Term Survival Rates Better for U.S. Vs. Canadian Heart Failure Patients
11/28/05Major Ovarian Cancer Clinical Study Announced at Yale Using Combination Drug Therapy
11/28/05$3.2 Million MERIT Award for Study on Disability and Recovery in Older Persons
11/22/05Grant Will Fund Study of Tics and Tourette Syndrome
11/22/05ADHD Medication Might Also Treat Hyperactivity Symptoms in Autism
11/21/05November 21 Marks First National Public Health Thank You Day
11/18/05Study Has Implications for Vaccine Design and Autoimmune Diseases
11/18/05Pepper Center Awards Support Research Related to Aging
11/17/05Yale Researcher Receives Over $3 Million in Grants for Substance Abuse Research
11/14/05Poetry Reading November 17 at Yale Physicians Building
11/14/05Re: Possible new trial for Andrea Yates
11/14/05Public Health Professor Awarded 2005 Labelle Lectureship in Health Services Research
11/10/05Meditation Associated with Increased Grey Matter in the Brain
11/10/05Clinical Study on Heart Failure to Use Cholesterol-Lowering Statin
11/10/05Yale Expert in Early Risk Assessment for Down Syndrome to Comment on FASTER Trial
11/10/05Sleep Apnea Significantly Increases Risk for Stroke and Death
11/01/05"Coast to Coast: A Run for Survivorship" Announces YCC as Beneficiary
11/01/05Yale Cancer Center Experts Available for Lung Cancer Awareness Month
11/01/05Agnès Vignery, Osteoporosis Researcher, Named Yale-Pfizer Visiting Faculty

 

October 
10/31/05Yale Cell Biologist, Ira Mellman, one of Three Americans Honored by EMBO
10/28/05Novel Discovery of "DCDC2" Gene Associated With Dyslexia
10/26/05Epidemic of Chronic Diseases Focus of Oxford Health Alliance Conference
10/25/05Study Clarifies Source of Lymph Node Swelling in Infections
10/24/05Five School of Medicine researchers and Nursing School Dean Margaret Grey Named to Institute of Medicine
10/24/05Yale Researcher Leads Successful Effort to Access HMO Fees for Medicaid Patients
10/24/05Research on Premature Birth Boosted with $10 Million NIH Grant
10/20/05Breast Cancer Internet Information and Support Study
10/17/05$6.5M Nanomedicine Center Includes Yale Engineer
10/14/05In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the following Yale School of Medicine experts in the disease are available to speak to the media:
10/14/05Yale Alzheimer's Researcher to be Honored at Connecticut Ball
10/13/05Cool Therapy Reduces Brain Injury and Death from Oxygen Loss in Newborns
10/12/05Researchers at Yale Identify a Genetic Link to Tourette's Syndrome
10/04/05Yale School of Medicine Offers Education and Help for Depression
10/03/05OB Advisory: New Law Allowing Insurance Companies to Cover Infertility Treatments
10/03/05Preventing Communication Errors in Telephone Medicine

 

September 
09/30/05Call for Research Funding to Prevent Pregnancy Complications
09/29/05Myelin Suppresses Plasticity in the Mature Brain
09/29/05Streamlining Treatment of Heart Attack Patients
09/29/05Perceptions of Peer Opinion Influences Attitudes about Obesity
09/28/05Adolescents' HIV Risk Reduced with Community Intervention
09/22/05Overlapping Genetic Factors in Pathological Gambling and Major Depression
09/22/05Yale Procedure Cuts Recurrence of Aggressive Uterine Cancer
09/20/05Gene that Controls the Severity of Asthma Identified
09/20/05Promising Diagnostic Tools for Multiple Sclerosis Developed at Yale
09/20/05Innovative Joint Degree Program in Public Health Launched for Yale Undergraduates
09/20/05Yale School of Medicine Neuroscientist Receives Javits Award
09/19/05Re: NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo Available for Interviews September 21
09/19/05Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Basis for Phantom Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury
09/14/05YALE ADVISORY: Expert on Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) / infant mortality
09/13/05Aortic Aneurysm Associated with Decreased Incidence of Atherosclerosis
09/13/05Eating and Body Weight Regulated by Specific Neurons
09/12/05Yale Study Reconciles Two Models of Schizophrenia
09/08/05Most Embryos Produced During IVF do not Result in Live Births
09/08/05Inconsistent Effort May Be Sign of Attention Disorder In Adults and Children
09/06/05Common Pesticide May Reduce Fertility in Women
09/01/05GABA Halts Stem Cell Production in the Brain

 

August 
08/31/05Nicotine Exposure Can Increase Motivation to Respond for Food Weeks After the Last Exposure
08/30/05Oral Contraceptive Effective in Controlling Premenstrual Disorder
08/30/05Third Annual "Discovery to Cure" High School Internship Promotes Interest in Science
08/26/05Inhibitory Systems Control the Pattern of Activity in the Cortex
08/25/05Fewer Wrinkles and Firmer Skin Linked to Earlier Use of Estrogen Therapy
08/25/05Rate of Cellular Energy Production Lower in Persons at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
08/25/05Studies Find Possible Drug Targets for Improving Vascular Health
08/24/05Child Study Center Receives Cohen Grant for In-Home Child Psychiatric Services
08/19/05Brain Distinguishes Between Nose and Mouth Odors
08/17/05Race and Sex Disparities in Heart Attack Care, Survival Not Improving
08/16/05Slower Care for Heart Attack Patients Treated off Hours and Weekends
08/11/05Animals Warn of Human Health Hazards in New "Canary Database"
08/10/05Lyme Disease Prevention Program Launched in Connecticut
08/09/05Few Changes in Antipsychotic Prescription Seen after Diagnosis of Diabetes
08/08/05Lung Cancer Expertise – the Passing of Peter Jennings

 

July 
07/29/05Medication Eases Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
07/28/05Childhood Diabetes Researcher Named Dean of Yale School of Nursing
07/28/05Yale School of Medicine Cell Biologist Named Bayer Fellow for 2005-2006
07/27/05Delirium Associated with Premature Death
07/25/05Decreased Breast Cancer Survival Associated With High TRAIL-R2 Expression
07/22/05$6.5 Million Grant for Microarray Center at Yale School of Medicine
07/21/05Clinical Trial Tests Cholesterol Drug to Minimize Multiple Sclerosis
07/21/05Dignitaries Celebrate Renaming of The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy
07/21/05Early Estrogen Therapy to Prevent Heart Disease Focus of Yale Study
07/14/05Yale Hosts School of the 21st Century (21C) National Conference
07/13/05Advisory re Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist / Thyroid Cancer Expert
07/13/05 Drinking Alcohol May Lower Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
07/12/05 Gerber Foundation Awards $1 Million for Research by Yale Surgeon
07/12/05Understanding and Diagnosing an Inherited Pain Syndrome
07/11/05Protein Amplification in Melanoma Is Possible Drug Target
07/08/05Yale School of Nursing Ranks Sixth in NIH Awards
07/08/05Yale Recruits Patients for Alzheimer’s Vaccine Trial
07/07/05Gerber Funds Yale Study on Dietary Calcium Insufficiency in Inner City Infants
07/01/05“Perfume” to Lure Mosquitoes and Control Malaria
07/01/05Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative Funds Yale Project to Advance Vaccine Testing

 

June 
06/30/05Women’s Health Research at Yale Funds Studies on Partner Violence, Memory and Lung Cancer
06/29/05Changing Job Criteria to Discriminate in Employment
06/29/05Yale Surgeon Receives Jahnigen Career Award
06/28/05Yale Public Health Professor Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association
06/28/05Watching More TV Increases Seniors’ Negative Views of Aging
06/27/05Groundbreaking Study Helps Explain Why Preemie Brains Improve Over Time
06/23/05Nicotine Helps Schizophrenics with Attention and Memory
06/22/05Breast Cancer Growth Regulator Holds Promise For More Targeted Treatment
06/21/05Strategy for Anti–Smoking Campaign Targets Women
06/20/05Humans Rational and Irrational Buying Behavior Is Mirrored in Monkeys
06/16/05Preschool Vision and Hearing Pilot Program Highly Effective
06/14/05New Drug Abuse Treatment Shows Promise
06/13/05International Multimedia Award for Yale Cadiothoracic Imaging Website
06/09/05Yale Cancer Center Partners with “Bike Across America: The Connecticut Challenge”
06/09/05How Cell Suicide Protects Plants from Infection
06/08/05Play and Learning Encouraged at Yale Conference June 10–11
06/07/05Rosa DeLauro Will Speak at Discovery to Cure Gala: Benefits Research In Women’s Reproductive Cancers
06/01/05Yale Scientists Identify Structure for RNA Quality Control

 

May 
05/27/05New Finding in Studying Dopamine Transporter
05/26/05New Insight into Potential Cause of Sexual Dysfunction in Women
05/25/05Patients’ Favorite Music During Surgery Lessens Need for Sedative
05/24/05Children Develop Cynicism at Early Age
05/23/05Facial Trauma May Cause Significant Social and Behavioral Problems
05/23/05Two Yale Graduate Students to Receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowships
05/20/05“The Expert Guide to Beating Heart Disease” Provides Practical Advice
05/20/05Yale First–Trimester Risk Assessment Provides New Test With Immediate Results
05/20/05Researchers Develop Assay that Could Be Applied to Drug Screening
05/19/05New Website Launched for Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP)
05/19/05Four Yale K12 Mentored Clinical Research Scholars Announced
05/17/05Pre–K Students Expelled at More Than Three Times the Rate of K–12 Students
05/17/05Yale School of Medicine Scientist Receives Top Pathology Award
05/16/05Yale Immunologist Studying Host Responses to Infection Named 2005 Searle Scholar
05/11/05Galvani to Receive Young Investigators’ Prize from American Society of Naturalists
05/11/05Yale Scientist Studying Virus Infections Named Burroughs Wellcome Investigator
05/10/05International Chronic Disease Research Development Workshop May 11–20
05/10/05Virus Targets and Kills Brain Tumors
05/09/05New Blood Test for Ovarian Cancer Screening
05/09/05Yale School of Medicine Scientist Receives Award for Pain Research
05/04/05Senator Christopher Dodd to Meet with Autism Researchers at Yale Child Study Center
05/03/05Yale Scientists Elected to National Academy of Sciences
05/03/05Yale School of Medicine Features Student Research Day May 10
05/02/05Leader in Stem Cell Research to Lecture and Open Exhibit at Yale
05/02/05Yale Neurology Cited for Advances in Lancet

 

April 
04/29/05In Memoriam: Renowned Yale Expert on Fever and Infection, Elisha Atkins
04/29/05Yale Researchers Identify Molecule for Detecting Parasitic Infection in Humans
04/28/05Seaver Institute Funds Autoimmune Disease Research and Yale Library Cuban Collection
04/27/05Herbal Medicine May Alter Cell Response to Cancer Therapeutic Agents
04/27/05U. S. Postage Stamp Series Unveiling at Yale to Celebrate Exceptional Scientists
04/26/05Menopause and African–American Women
04/22/05Yale Scientists “See” Basis of Antibiotic Resistance
04/21/05Alcohol Dependence in a Russian Population
04/20/05In Memoriam: Alvin Novick, Scientist, Humanitarian and AIDS Awareness Pioneer
04/19/05Former U.S. Social Security Commissioner to Speak At Yale School of Nursing
04/19/05International Committee Calls for U.S. Global Health Service Corps
04/15/05Yale Cancer Center Research Team Benefits from Tobacco Master Settlement Funds
04/13/05Adopt–A–Doc Program Launches “Building Medical Homes”
04/13/05Asthma Screenings Held at Local Automotive Dealership
04/13/05Gloria Steinem and Roslyn Milstein Meyer to be Honored By Women’s Health Research at Yale
04/12/05Obesity and Insomnia Linked by Excitability of Brain Cells
04/11/057th Annual AIDS Science Day at Yale April 22
04/08/05Human Kidney Protein Found that Regulates Heart Contraction and Blood Pressure
04/06/05Once–A–Month Naltrexone Successfully Used to Treat Alcohol Dependence
04/06/05Sensory Deprivation Reduces New Cell Size in the Olfactory System
04/05/05Key Regulator of Bone Cells Linked to Osteoporosis

 

March 
03/31/05Preeclampsia in Pregnancy Increases Risk of Future Cardiovascular Disease and Death
03/31/05Yale Researcher Receives Javits Investigator Award
03/28/05Neural Response is Specific for Face Perception
03/28/05Chemical Present in Clear Plastics Can Impair Learning and Cause Disease
03/22/05Symposium on Stress, Risk, and Recovery April 9
03/22/05Perception of Risk Can Affect Smoker’s Desire and Ability to Quit
03/22/05Pregnancy Complications Related to Low Levels of Anti–Clotting Proteins
03/18/05Bush Center Renamed Edward Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy
03/18/05Virginity Pledges do not Reduce STD Risk: May Encourage High Risk Sexual Behavior
03/18/05Yale Physician Receives Award for Epilepsy Research
03/17/05Red Wine Protects the Heart
03/17/05Yale Scientists Find MicroRNA Regulates Ras Cancer Gene
03/16/05Yale Authors Raise Concerns Regarding Regionalized Heart Attack Care
03/14/05Rhesus Monkeys Reason About Perspectives of Others in Obtaining Food
03/07/05Gene for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Discovered by Yale Researchers
03/04/05Mood Elevating Hormone May Trigger Depression and Heart Problems
03/03/05Yale School of Medicine Deputy Dean of Clinical Affairs Appointed
03/02/05Yale Spin-off Receives $15 Million to Commercialize M-Brace™ for Spinal Pain
03/02/05Ten-Minute Emergency Room Intervention for Problem Drinkers
03/01/05Molecule Important in Cell Construction Also Critical in Learning and Memory
03/01/05Proteins Found in Urine of Pregnant Women Could Help Diagnose Preeclampsia

 

February 
02/28/05Naltrexone Tested as Weight Gain Deterrent in Quitting Smoking
02/23/05Source of Molecular Triggers in Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Identified
02/23/05Yale Psychiatrists Receive Award for Schizophrenia Research
02/22/05Non-Invasive and Invasive Breast Cancers Share the same Genetic Mutations
02/22/05First Albert J. Solnit Lecture at Yale Child Study Center March 21
02/15/05Fellowship in Brain Cancer Research Funded at Yale
02/15/05Yale Researchers Take the Mystery out of Grant Writing
02/14/05Prior Caesarean Delivery Not Linked to Increased Risk of Stillbirth
02/14/05Conference on Consequences of AIDS in South Asia Will Be Held at Yale
02/10/05Child Study Center Receives $2.9 Million From Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
02/09/05Boosting HIV Screening can Increase Survival and is Cost Effective
02/09/05Yale Researcher Receives Dan Anderson Research Award
02/03/05Varicella Vaccine Effective on Chicken Pox; Impact on Herpes Zoster Unclear
02/03/05Yale Opens Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) in India
02/03/05In Memoriam: Respected Health Policy Leader, George A. Silver, M.D.
02/02/05Yale Researcher Studying Acupuncture to Reduce Back Pain in Pregnancy
02/01/05Smoking Causes Memory and Cognitive Impairment in Adolescents

 

January 
01/31/05Forum on the Future of Scholarly Publishing to be Held at Yale
01/26/05Premature Births from Inflammation and Infection Rapidly Detected by Proteomics Technology
01/25/05Infectious Agent Linked to Mad Cow Disease Found in Organs Other than the Brain
01/21/05Yale Cardiovascular Researcher Named Bayer Fellow 2004-05
01/19/05In Memoriam: Noted Yale Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst Marshall Edelson, M.D.
01/14/05Yale Receives Funding for Epilepsy Research
01/14/05Yale Stop Smoking Campaign
01/13/05Marijuana Associated With Same Respiratory Symptoms As Tobacco
01/12/05Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke Focus of $33 Million Grant
01/12/05Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke Focus of $33 Million Grant
01/11/05Yale Chemist's Research in Science Top 10 for 2004
01/10/05In Memoriam: Pioneer in Modern Anesthesiology, Nicholas Greene, M.D.
01/03/05Technology That Could Double the Effectiveness of Cancer Drugs Studied at Yale
01/03/05Technology That Could Double the Effectiveness of Cancer Drugs Studied at Yale