2008 News Archive: Health & Medicine

December 
12/23/08Lost in Translation – Many Hospital Physicians Not Using Interpreters
12/19/08MEDIA ADVISORY: Solstice Alert: Risk of Skin Cancer from Winter Sun; Yale Physician Offers Free Skin Care Book Online
12/19/08Yale Psychologist Honored for Early Career Research
12/19/08$6 Million Study Will Seek To Break Cycle of Chemical Dependence and Incarceration
12/18/08Gut Instincts: What Harms Some Cells May Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease
12/17/08 Fears of Promiscuity Pose Barrier to Cervical Cancer Vaccinations
12/12/08Chinese Women to Gain Management and Leadership Education Through Yale–Tsinghua Partnership
12/12/08Study Contradicts Earlier Reports That Some Health Issues Are ‘Contagious’ Among Friends
12/12/08In Memoriam: Dr. Samuel Ritvo, Pioneer in Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry
12/12/08In Memoriam: Luigi Mastroianni, Distinguished Researcher in Reproductive Biology
12/10/08A Sentiment for All Seasons: We Offer Help More Often Than Ask for It
12/08/08Anti-Clotting Drug Thins Risk to Pregnancy and Surgery Patients With Blood Disorder
12/05/08Health Fair for Kids Aims to Spark Hunger for Healthy Food and Active Lifestyles
12/05/08 Stress: Life’s Unwelcome and Dangerous Companion
12/04/08Good, Bad and Ugly in Food Marketing Focus of $6.4 Million Childhood Obesity Grant to Rudd Center at Yale
12/01/08Tony Blair Faith Foundation Malaria Relief Concert Organized by Yale Grad Student

 

November 
11/26/08Yale Researchers Enlist a New Recruit in Battle of the Bulge
11/21/08Biomedical Detectives
11/21/08Yale Team To Study How Pregnant Mothers’ Cocaine Use Affects Interactions with Infants
11/21/08New NIH-Funded Center Will Advance the Prevention and Treatment of Kidney Disease
11/21/08In Memoriam: YSN Dean Florence Wald, Founder of Hospice Care in the U.S.
11/21/08In Memoriam: Former Yale Professor Franklin Epstein, Was a Noted Nephrologist
11/14/08Yale Gets Grant for Project To Create Software Tools for Neuroscientists
11/12/08$3.9 Million Grant Pumps Up Heart Monitoring Study at Yale School of Nursing
11/10/08Pain and Cost of Weight Bias Chronicled in New Studies
11/09/08Yale Researchers Unravel Mystery of Brain Aneurysms
11/06/08 Political Violence May Predict Intimate Partner Abuse Among Immigrants

 

October 
10/31/08Votes and Vaccinations To Be Election Day Combo, Thanks to Yale Researcher’s Program
10/31/08Paul Cleary Is Appointed the Lauder Professor
10/31/08Dr. Lloyd Cantley Named the Long Professor of Medicine
10/31/08Dr. Bennett Shaywitz Is the Inaugural Schwab Professor
10/31/08Dr. Michael Simons Is Designated as the Berliner Professor
10/27/08Elderly Fare Better When Included in Decisions on Treatment Trade-Offs
10/24/08Yale Dean Earns Outstanding Nurse Scientist Award
10/24/08Doctors Aim To Improve Patient Care via Electronic Record System
10/23/08With Hot Coffee, We See a Warm Heart, Yale Researchers Find
10/23/08MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Hosts an Exploration of the Roots of Social Psychology
10/21/08MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Celebrates 20 Years of Advances in Neuroscience and Regeneration
10/20/08‘Dry Cleaning Effect’ Explained by Forgetful Yale Researcher
10/17/08New Initiative Will Teach Medical Students How To Identify and Aid Substance Abusers
10/16/08Yale Researchers Tie Genes, Lower Reward Response to Weight Gain
10/15/08Scientists Identify Genetic Marker to Predict Lung Cancer Risk
10/14/08Yale’s Horwich Wins Horwitz Prize
10/13/08Institute of Medicine Honors Yale’s Horwich
10/10/08Sensitive Nanowire Disease Detectors Made by Yale Scientists
10/10/08Yale Researchers Describe Crossroads in Pathway to Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease
10/10/08Workshop Will Highlight Cutting-Edge Proteomics Technologies
10/06/08Connecticut State Department of Education Grades Schools on Health Promotion
10/03/08Yale Receives Additional $10.7 Million for Largest Study Ever On How Genes and Environment Affect Children’s Health
10/03/08Yale-CURE BioHaven Entrepreneurship Series Presents Humacyte: “Creating Scaffolds for Building Human Tissues”
10/03/08Angus Nairn Is Appointed the Charles B.G. Murphy Professor
10/03/08Erik Shapiro Hopes To Enhance MRI Technology With New Innovator Award from the NIH
10/03/08Jennifer Prah Ruger Advocates for a Global Health System That Benefits All

 

September 
09/30/08Mental Health Intervention Urged for Heart Patients
09/29/08Toddlers’ Focus on Mouths Rather Than on Eyes is a Predictor of Autism Severity
09/26/08Jane Taylor is the New Holder of the Murphy Post in Psychiatry
09/26/08Taylor is the Inaugural Recipient of a Nurse Faculty Scholar Award
09/22/08Yale Study Takes a Closer Look at Safety Gaps During Patient “Sign Out”
09/21/08‘Friendly’ Bacteria Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes, Yale Researchers Find
09/19/08Scientists Find “Redesigned Hammer” That Forged Evolution of Pregnancy in Mammals
09/19/08Dr. Michael Caplan is the New C.N.H. Long Professor
09/19/08Marina Picciotto is Appointed the Charles B.G. Murphy Professor
09/15/08Natural Childbirth Linked to Stronger Baby Bonding Than C-Sections
09/12/08James Rothman is Appointed the Fergus F. Wallace Professor
09/12/08Mental Health Experts To Discuss New Research on Mood Disorders
09/10/08Healthy Foods Scarce in Poor Neighborhoods, Yale Researchers Find
09/09/08Scientists May Have Found Brain’s Center For Self-Control
09/09/08AIDS Research at Yale Boosted With $11 Million Continuation Grant
09/09/08Yale Scientist received “New Nobel’’ Prize – Will Share $1 Million Prize for Brain Research
09/08/08RNA ‘Snippets’ Play Big Role in Blood Vessel Formation, Yale Scientists Find
09/04/08Discovery Challenges Fundamental Tenet of Cancer Biology
09/03/08Trichoplax Genome Sequenced - ‘Rosetta Stone’ For Understanding Evolution
09/03/08More Evidence That BPA Found in Clear Plastics Impairs Brain Function

 

August 
08/29/08Workshops Look at Genomic and Proteomic Work Being Done at Keck Lab
08/29/08In Memoriam: Dr. Daniel Rowe, Founded the Yale Health Plan
08/29/08In Memoriam: J. Murdoch Ritchie, Pharmacologist Studied Peripheral Nerve
08/29/08Fair To Raise Awareness About Need for Life-Saving Organ Donations
08/28/08Yale Researchers Find New Way to Fix Faulty Genes – Sickle Cell Anemia, Other Inherited Diseases Targeted
08/28/08Michael Simons, M.D., Appointed Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale
08/27/08Yale Names Vice President for New West Campus
08/26/08Yale Researchers Find How Estrogen Aids Memory
08/18/08Blood Vessel Gene Influences Brain Size, Yale Researchers Find
08/14/08Yale Dermatologists Offer Free Skin Cancer Screenings at Pilot Pen — Mayor DeStefano Declares August 17th “Play Safe in the Sun” Day
08/13/08Edward Zigler Receives 2008 APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology
08/11/08Yale Researchers Discover Tiny Cellular Antennae Trigger Neural Stem Cells
08/07/08B Cells Can Act Alone in Autoimmune Disease, Yale Researchers Report
08/06/08Researchers Uncover West Nile’s Targets

 

July 
07/30/08Brain Plays Key Role in Appetite by Regulating Free Radicals
07/29/08‘Now You See It…’ Yale Researchers Explain Why You Don’t
07/28/08Researchers Find New Trigger for Autoimmune Diseases
07/24/08Study Shows Why Cigarette Smoke Makes Flu, Other Viral Infections Worse
07/24/08Osteoporosis Study To Explore Effects of Protein-Rich Diet on Bone Health
07/18/08Elderly Falls Cut by 11 Percent with Education and Intervention
07/18/08Program Aims to Strengthen Health Care Systems in Africa
07/18/08Donated Van To Aid Fight Against Breast Cancer in Uganda
07/16/08Bullying-Suicide Link Explored in New Study by Researchers at Yale
07/10/08 UTC Contributes $1 Million to Smilow Cancer Hospital

 

June 
06/27/08End-of-Life Care Gets Emphasis in New Yale Curriculum
06/26/08Yale Researchers Find Molecule That Guides Migrating Axons
06/26/08Recovering Addicts Fare Better on Opiate Medication, Yale Researchers Find
06/23/08Lyme Disease in the U.S. Originated in Europe
06/19/08Yale Researchers Discover Legionnaire Microbe’s Tricks
06/13/08In Focus: Yale Stress Center
06/13/08In Kenya, Two Medical students Learn About Condition Affecting Women
06/05/08Leading Scientist Named New Chair of Cell Biology at Yale

 

May 
05/30/08Researchers Clear up Alzheimer’s Plaques in Mice
05/28/08Kavli Prize Awarded to Pasko Rakic, Pioneering Yale Neuroscientist
05/27/08Jacobs-Wagner Named Howard Hughes Investigator
05/21/08Media Advisory: Yale Brain Cancer Experts Available to Comment on Malignant Gliomas
05/21/08Yale Researchers Describe How Vaccine Adjuvant Jump-Starts Immune System
05/20/08Pharaoh’s Unusual Feminine Appearance Suggests Two Gene Defects
05/16/08Media Advisory: Yale Expert Urges Caution on Obesity and Climate Change Link
05/16/08Symposium on Pain Management Aimed at Medical School Students
05/16/08Yale Ob/Gyn researchers discuss their work at New Orleans meeting
05/16/08Karyn Frick Honored for Contributions to Women’s Health
05/16/08Dr. Richard Edelson is the first Lerner Professor of Dermatology
05/16/08Dr. Madhav Dhodapkar is the New Bunker Professor of Hematology
05/15/08Risk of Death Persists in Heart Patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
05/12/08Early Stage Bone Cells Produce Potential Estrogen Substitute
05/09/08Yale Cancer Center Experts Warn That, Despite New Data, Increasing Sun Exposure Is Not the Way to Decrease Breast Cancer Risk
05/07/08Looking Back at a Dozen Years of Smoking Cessation Efforts
05/05/08Yale Medical Group Appoints First Chief Medical Officer
05/03/08Treatment Advances for Fibroids, Menopause, Pregnancy Complications Explored at ACOG Meeting
05/02/08No "Hollywood Heart Attack" symptoms for many women
05/01/08Computer Programs Help Drug Abusers Stay Abstinent, Yale Researchers Find
05/01/08Public Invited to Yale Center for Clinical Investigation's Volunteer Appreciation Day
05/01/08Drug Addicts Can Learn How to Save Lives, Yale Researchers Find

 

April 
04/30/08Chocolate may be Boon to Pregnant Women, Yale Study Shows
04/28/08Factors Affecting Survival, Disability of Extremely Premature Infants Identified
04/28/08Scientists at Yale Provide Explanation for How Cancer Spreads
04/18/08In Memoriam: Steven C. Hebert, M.D., Renowned Yale Nephrologist
04/16/08Yale Fertility Expert finds Genetic Markers of an Egg's Maturity
04/16/08Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells Identified, Characterized and Cloned, Leading to More Effective Treatment
04/16/08Drug Compound Leads to Death of Ovarian Cancer Cells Resistant to Chemotherapy
04/15/08Interactive Exhibits and Annual Lecture by the Librarian of Congress at the Yale School of Medicine
04/15/08Yale's Shulman Honored for Diabetes Research
04/14/08Changes Mean Fewer Loans, More Scholarships for Yale Medical Students
04/10/08Yale Will Hold Conference on Disaster Preparation
04/09/08Weight Discrimination Increasing Among American Adults
04/09/08Genetic Mutation Appears to Cause Asthma
04/09/08Chlorine Triggers Protective Nerve Receptor
04/09/08Weight Discrimination Increasing Among American Adults
04/08/08Yale's Amy Arnsten Receives Distinguished Investigator Award
04/07/08Yale Study Shows How Rare Genes Have Big Impact on Blood Pressure
04/03/08Despite Numerous Nutrient Claims Children's Cereals Less Healthy than Adult Cereals
04/03/08Yale Receives More than $5 Million in Stem Cell Funding
04/02/08Unite for Sight To Hold International Health Conference at Yale
04/01/08Yale Study Suggests Evolutionary Source of Alcoholism's Accidental Enemy

 

March 
03/31/08Yale Hosts its First Symposium on Combining Traditional and Alternative Medicine
03/28/08Uterine Stem Cells Create New Neurons That Can Curb Parkinson's Disease
03/28/08Study Shows Why Synthetic Estrogens Wreak Havoc on Reproductive System
03/28/08Hormone That Controls Hunger and Appetite Also Linked to Reduced Fertility
03/27/08Connecticut Challenge Provides Funding for Cancer Survivorship Research at Yale Cancer Center
03/27/08Yale Study Shows Weight Bias Is as Prevalent as Racial Discrimination
03/25/08Yale Cancer Center Receives Grant to Initiate Statewide Clinical Trial Network
03/20/08"Doonesbury" Cartoonist Garry Trudeau to Receive Yale Award for Raising Awareness about War-Related Mental Health
03/20/08Yale Scientists Show that a microRNA Can Reduce Lung Cancer Growth
03/19/08Smelling Food "Fires" the Brain Differently than Actually Eating Food
03/13/08Yale Awarded $2.2 Million to Study Exercise for Women with Cancer
03/11/08Yale Sculpture Exhibit Explores Themes of Loss and Renewal
03/06/08Yale Study Highlights Cultural Similarities and Differences about Whether People can Change

 

February 
02/26/08$3.4 Million Award to Study Internet Coping Skills for Diabetic Children
02/26/08Yale Scientist Honored for Academic Innovation and Leadership
02/21/08Yale Lab Engineers Virus That Can Kill Deadly Brain Tumors
02/14/08Procedure Developed at Yale Creates New Bone In Minimally Invasive Procedure
02/13/08Yale Study Offers Insight into Possible Cause of Lymphoma
02/11/08New Yale Research Center Focuses on Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
02/07/08$4 Million Award to Improve Detection of Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery
02/07/08$3.7 Million to Expand Yale Study of How Plant Proteins Function
02/06/08Older Women More Susceptible to Depression Than Older Men
02/02/08Gene Linked to Preterm Birth Among Hispanic Women
02/02/08New Strategy Helps Reduce Errors in Obstetrical Care

 

January 
01/31/08Risk of Congenital Heart Defects Higher Among IVF Twins
01/31/08Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Promising in 90-Year-Olds
01/31/08Dean's Research Selected as One of 10 Landmark Studies in Nursing
01/30/08Gene Predicts Heart Attack Response and Cardiac Damage
01/23/08Low Vitamin E Levels Associated With Physical Decline in Elderly
01/22/08Yale Team Identifies Key Factor in Stress Effects on the Brain
01/16/08Yale Holds Second International Conference on Alcoholism
01/10/08Yale Hosts Workshop on Preparing for the Worst
01/07/08Despite Efforts, Significant Racial Disparities in Cancer Therapy Still Exist
01/03/08Gene Protects Newborns from Killer Respiratory Disease
01/03/08Yale Researchers Receive Donaghue Awards For Work on Global Healthcare, Depression