2009 News Archive: Health & Medicine

November 
11/23/09Parent Training Key to Improved Treatment of Behavior Problems in Children With Autism
11/20/09For Dean Alpern, Making Science the ‘Language of Medicine’ Is a Priority
11/20/09Research Revolution Underway at West Campus
11/18/09On the Trail of a Vaccine for Lyme Disease: Yale Researchers Target Tick Saliva
11/17/09New Culprit for Viral Infections Among Elderly—An Overactive Immune Response
11/17/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Cancer Center Experts Available to Speak on Controversial New Guidelines for Mammograms and Breast Self-Examination
11/16/09Finding a Protective Mechanism for Retinal Cells Could Save Sight
11/13/09Neurosurgery Resident’s Book Helps Ease Youths’ Fears About Brain Surgery
11/09/09Six Universities Adopt New Technology Transfer Principles Designed to Speed Access to Affordable Medicines in the Developing World
11/08/09Yale Team Reveals How Immune System Gets Primed for Battle
11/06/09Effects of Combat on Returning Female Veterans Focus of Fippinger Grant
11/06/09Grey Reappointed as Nursing School Dean
11/06/09Symposium Explores ‘The Promise of Yale Psychiatry’
11/05/09New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer
11/02/09Gene Increases Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress, Yale Researchers Find
11/02/09Researchers Unlock the “Sound of Learning” by Linking Sensory and Motor Systems
11/02/09Testosterone Study in Older Men May Hold Key to Healthy, Independent Lives; Participants Sought for Clinical Trial at Yale School of Medicine

 

October 
10/30/09There’s A Doctor Behind ‘House’: Internist Lisa Sanders
10/30/09Sackler Institute Symposium Celebrates Interdisciplinary Scientific Endeavors
10/30/09University’s Leading Role in Stem Cell Research Is Highlighted at Center’s Annual Retreat
10/29/09Flu Vaccine Given To Women During Pregnancy Keeps Infants Out of the Hospital
10/27/09Yale Physicians Receive $4.1 Million Grant to Study New Treatment for Alcohol-Dependent HIV-Positive Inmates Transitioning Back Into Society
10/26/09Yale Researchers Awarded Grant to Develop Treatment of Williams Syndrome
10/26/09MEDIA ADVISORY: President Declares H1N1 National Emergency; Yale Offers Experts on the Vaccine, Biology, Epidemiology and The History of Epidemics
10/26/09Kids Spoon-Fed Marketing and Advertising for Least Healthy Breakfast Cereals
10/23/09Mazure Honored for Her Influence on Women’s Health Research
10/21/09Identifying the Metabolism of a Healthy Embryo Could Improve Infertility Treatment
10/20/09IVF Insurance Coverage Yields Fewer Multiple Births, Yale Researchers Find
10/19/09Hormone Mix Could Cut Breast Cancer Risk and Treat Symptoms of Menopause
10/19/09Yale’s Scan of Turkish Infant's Genome Yields a Surprise Diagnosis; Results Illustrate Power and Promise of New Genetic Technology
10/19/09Research Identifies Link Between Childhood ADHD and Adult Crime
10/16/09Current Soda Taxes Not High Enough to Curb Obesity, Study Finds
10/16/09Exhibit and Lecture Focus on Work of Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson
10/09/09First-Year School of Medicine Students Don Their ‘Cloaks of Compassion’
10/08/09Childhood Cancer Survivors Less Likely to Marry, Yale Researchers Find
10/07/09Yale Forges Transatlantic Research Alliance with University College London
10/01/09Most Stroke Victims Arrive at Hospital Too Late for Drug Therapy
10/01/09Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients

 

September 
09/29/09Gates Foundation Grant Supports Testing of Treatment for Diarrhea
09/25/09Yale Panelists Discuss the National Effort To Reform Healthcare
09/24/09Video Game to Help Urban Teens Avoid HIV Infection Focus of Nearly $4 Million Grant To Yale
09/22/09Stress High Among Future Surgeons, Survey Reveals
09/22/09Researchers Identify New Brain Pathway For Regulating Weight and Bone Mass
09/22/09Yale Aging Expert and Evolutionary Biologist Receive “Genius” Grants
09/21/09Yale Researchers Explain Why Hunger Triggers Infertility
09/18/09The Secrets of Cilia
09/18/09Report: Changes Needed in Nurses’ Education and Work Environments
09/18/09Many Clinicians Don’t Discuss Hospice Care with Terminally Ill Patients, Study Shows
09/17/09Video Available: Panel on Healthcare Reform Options
09/16/09Health Experts Unite in Support of Soda Tax
09/11/09Novel “On-Off Switch” Mechanism Stops Cancer in Its Tracks
09/11/09Key Brain Receptors Linked To Learning and Memory Decrease with Age
09/07/09Shape of Brain Cells Influences Sensitivity to Cocaine, Yale Researchers Report
09/02/09Opioid Overdose: A Growing Crisis Throughout Connecticut

 

August 
08/31/09MEDIA ADVISORY: As a New School Year Begins, Yale Expert Available to Speak About Backpacks and Back Injury to Children
08/28/09111 Grants and Counting: Yale Awarded $36 Million in NIH Recovery Act Funds
08/28/09Yale Hosts Diabetes Management Training Program for Chinese Physicians
08/27/09A Cell’s Private Life: Yale Researchers Peer Inside a Hidden Protein
08/27/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Surgeons Remove Gallbladder Vaginally; Doctors and Patients Available to Speak on Minimally-Invasive Surgical Trends
08/26/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Offers Experts To Speak on Senator Edward Kennedy’s Legacy to Healthcare, and on the Brain Cancer That Took His Life
08/20/09Yale Researcher Questions Federal Guidelines for Seasonal and Swine Flu Vaccines
08/10/09Lyme Bacterium, Once Nearly Eradicated In U.S., Rebounded With Forests
08/02/09Yale Scientists Develop ‘Gas Gauge’ To Prevent Pregnancy Loss

 

July 
07/27/09Why Retroviruses Such as HIV Love Their Neighbors
07/23/09Yale and Tsinghua University to Develop Healthcare Leadership in China
07/23/09Grants to Expand Work on Improving Women’s Health and Understanding Gender Differences
07/22/09Yale Discovery May Open Door to Drug That Cuts Appetite and Boosts Energy
07/21/09David Hafler, MD, named chief and chair of neurology at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine
07/17/09Emergency Medicine Promoted to Departmental Status
07/17/09Ami Klin Is Appointed the Harris Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
07/17/09Eliminating Waste and Huge Profits Key To Fixing Healthcare, Says Physician
07/16/09Yale Researchers Uncover Cellular Intricacies That Could Lead to Better Vaccines
07/09/09New Classification for Lung Cancer Stages Offers Hope to Patients
07/09/09NIH Pick Collins’ Passion for Genetics Has Roots at Yale
07/07/09Pregnancy Complications are a Stress Test for Future Maternal Health and Pregnancies
07/07/09New System Reveals Whether School Wellness Policies ‘Make the Grade’
07/07/09Yale Researchers Identify Gene’s Role in Promoting Atherosclerosis
07/01/09TV Food Advertising Increases Snacking and Potential Weight Gain in Children and Adults

 

June 
06/30/09Agent Often Used in Spinal Fusion Surgery Associated With Higher Rate of Cervical Spine Complications and Higher Fees
06/30/09Yale and University of Malaya Join Forces to Battle HIV in Prisons
06/17/09Researchers Suggests Gene Inhibition May Help Normalize Type 2 Diabetes
06/15/09Brain Energy Use Key to Understanding Consciousness, Yale Researchers Find
06/15/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Smoking Cessation Experts at Yale Available to Discuss New Law on Tobacco Products
06/12/09CARE Partnering With New Haven in Battle Against Chronic Disease
06/08/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Gun Violence in New Haven is Focus of Unique Photo Exhibit
06/08/09Insurance Coverage May Drive Care of Newborns with Congenital Defects
06/04/09Yale School of Medicine Dean Calls for Broad Changes in How Future Physicians are Educated
06/03/09Yale Hosts Global Health Leaders from Five Countries to Inspire New Approaches to Improving Healthcare
06/01/09Antidepressants Offer No Relief for Repetitive Behaviors in Children With Autism

 

May 
05/27/09Yale Researchers Find New Trigger for Seasonal Allergies
05/18/09Yale Team Identifies Key to Potential New Treatment for Allergy-Induced Asthma
05/15/09Yale To Host Center for Gambling Research
05/15/09Specialist in the Treatment of Severe Mental Illness Named CMHC’s Next Director
05/14/09High IQ Is No Help for Those With ADHD, Yale Researchers Find
05/13/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Mother’s Day Marked the Start of National Women’s Health Week; Women’s Health Researchers at Yale Available to Discuss Key Health Issues
05/13/09Yale Launches Global Health Initiative
05/04/09Molecular Markers May Help Physicians Predict Severity of Prostate Cancer
05/04/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Offers Experts on Swine Flu: Treatment, Biology, Epidemiology and The History of Epidemics
05/04/09Obstetrical Unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital Achieves Dramatic Improvement in Patient Safety
05/01/09Success of Clinical Research Depends on the Altruism of Many Volunteers
05/01/09Doctors-in-Training To Present Their Work on Student Research Day

 

April 
04/27/09$5 Million Grant Funds Yale Study Aimed at Identifying a Genetic Test for Dyslexia
04/24/09Fox Foundation Funds Researchers’ Work on Parkinson’s Disease
04/24/09Talk Recounts Experience of Yale’s First Black Graduates
04/23/09VA Honors Yale Neurologist Waxman
04/23/09Training Curbs Anger and Aggression in Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome
04/21/09Higher Risk of Complications Tied to Defibrillators Implanted by Non-Specialist Physicians
04/21/09The Season of Ticks: Could Climate Change Worsen Lyme Disease?
04/17/09'Row for Hope’ Raises Funds for Yale Cancer Center
04/16/09Yale Researchers Uncover Secrets of Salmonella’s Stealth Attack
04/14/09Heart Screening Unnecessary in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With No Symptoms
04/10/09Officials From China’s sFDA Learn About Regulation of Medical Devices at Yale School of Public Health
04/10/09NARSAD Grant To Support De Camilli’s Research on Mental Health Disorders
04/10/09Class Helping Future Doctors Learn the Art of Observation
04/08/09Health Experts Make Case for Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
04/03/09Yale Scientists Underscore the Promise of Stem Cell Research
04/03/09Dr. Thomas Gill Is Designated as the Humana Foundation Professor
04/03/09Holly Powell Kennedy Is Named the First Helen Varney Professor
04/03/09Michael Crair Is the Inaugural William Ziegler III Associate Professor
04/03/09Kaech Receives HHMI Support for Her Work on T Cells
04/01/09Yale Stem Cell Researchers Reap State Grants

 

March 
03/30/09Yale Researchers Discover Mechanism for Social Development That is Absent in Autistic Children
03/24/09Beliefs about the Causes of Obesity Predict Support for Policies to Combat the Problem
03/24/09Study Links Practices of Food and Tobacco Industries
03/23/09The Effects of Exercise on Cancer to be Studied with $7 Million Grant
03/20/09Scientists Discover Gene Variants That Increase Risk of Cocaine-Induced Paranoia
03/20/09Two Researchers Will Develop New Therapy with Grant from Lupus Research Institute
03/19/09Few Customers Read Nutritional Information in Fast Food Restaurants
03/19/09Taking the Conversation Inside: Enhancing Signals In Cell Interior
03/17/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Scientists Featured at International Stem Cell Research Symposium
03/17/09MEDIA ADVISORY: Yale Experts Available to Speak on Advances in Cancer Treatment
03/16/09Search for Blood Pressure Secrets Reveals a Surprising New Syndrome
03/10/09Yale University and Hastings Center Create Joint Bioethics and Health Policy Program
03/06/09Alpern Reappointed as Medical School Dean
03/06/09Yale’s Collaboration With Other Research Centers Will Help Determine the Best Way To Treat Diabetes in Children
03/06/09New ‘Quiet’ System Will Alleviate Children’s Fear of the Traditional, Noisy Saw Used To Cut off Casts
03/06/09Postdocs Awarded Research Support
03/03/09Coming Undone: How Stress Unravels the Brain’s Structure
03/02/09Genetic Variants Linked to the Paranoia of Cocaine Addicts
03/02/09One Drug May Help People Both Lay Down the Drink and Put Out the Cigarette
03/02/09Even Dieticians May Have Negative Attitudes Toward the Obese

 

February 
02/25/09Yale Researchers Find New Piece in Alzheimer's Puzzle
02/25/09Thomas J. Lynch, Jr. Named Director of Yale Cancer Center and Physician-in-Chief of Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
02/24/09An Angry Heart Can Lead to Sudden Death, Yale Researchers Find
02/23/09Young People’s Views of Aging Can Predict Their Heart Problems in Old Age
02/23/09Student-Run Health Fairs to Target Underserved Communities
02/19/09Older Women Fare Better, Live Longer than Men after First “Mini Stroke”
02/18/09Improving Healthcare Around the World: Yale Launches Global Health Leadership Institute
02/11/09High Stress Jobs Can Take a Toll on Employee’s Family
02/11/09After a Health Crisis: A Window of Opportunity for Major Lifestyle Change
02/10/09New Prevention Strategy May Significantly Reduce HIV Infections
02/06/09U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Battle With Cancer: Yale Experts Available to Discuss Pancreatic Cancer and its Treatment
02/05/09Yale Celebrates Darwin
02/05/09West Nile Virus: The Bite That Can Kill
02/04/09Schools Do Help in War on Childhood Obesity, Yale Study Finds

 

January 
01/30/09Key to Preeclampsia May Be Found in Misfolded Proteins in the Urine
01/30/09Director of Yale Fertility Center Addresses Italian Parliament With the Hope of Changing Law
01/30/09Robert Heimer To Study AIDS Epidemic in Russia as a 2009 Fulbright Scholar
01/30/09By Curbing Obesity, Program Aims To Reduce Diabetes in Area Women
01/29/09Women With High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Face Future of Complications
01/29/09Umbilical Cord Protein Analysis Detects Early Onset Infection
01/26/09Aspirin Can Prevent Liver Damage That Afflicts Millions, Yale Study Finds
01/23/09Feeling Your Words: Hearing with your Face
01/23/09Ovarian Cancer Researchers at Yale Win Millions in Federal and Foundation Grants
01/16/09Peter Cresswell Named to Higgins Professorship
01/16/09Dr. David Leffell Appointed to Paige Smith Chair
01/16/09Dr. Gerald Shulman Is Inaugural Cowgill Professor
01/16/09Documentary Film and Workshop at Medical School Will Call Attention to Racism in Healthcare System
01/12/09“Invisible Incision” Surgery Done at Yale-New Haven Hospital
01/09/09Long Wharf Theatre Hosts Symposium on Global Health and the Arts