Yale School of Medicine

Placentas provide clues about autism risk at birth, study says

2013-04-25 11:21:00

Researchers believe they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism -- by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly after birth. The abnormalities in question are called...

Match Day 2013 results are good for future internal-medicine patients

2013-03-15 14:52:00

America’s future doctors are increasingly interested in become primary-care physicians -- good news for America’s future patients. Friday was “Match Day,” the day when fourth-year medical students find out where they’ll...

Anna Deavere Smith on healthcare, mimicry and President Obama

2012-01-13 16:36:08

Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan dies at 68; documented developmental milestones of early childhood

2010-05-16 00:00:00

Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan, a psychiatrist who documented the developmental milestones of early childhood and developed the widely used "Floor Time" method for teaching children with autism and other developmental disorders, died April 27 at Suburban...

Detachable needles on syringes promote hepatitis C transmission, study says

2010-02-17 16:32:38

Stand up for patients

2008-02-28 00:00:00

Recently The Times disclosed that Blue Cross of California was asking physicians to report patient conditions that could be used to cancel medical coverage. Amid the furor of physicians all over California, the leadership of the California Medical Assn....

The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate

2013-05-22 09:26:00

Binge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...

READER SUBMITTED: Copes Named To The Founding Faculty Of The Frank H. Netter MD School Of Medicine At Quinnipiac

2013-05-19 16:10:04

Lynn E. Copes, of New Haven, has been appointed to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As an Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences, Copes will teach anatomy to students at Connecticut's newest...

Yale faces $165,000 fine after university 'fails to report' four sex offenses

2013-05-16 06:54:03

Yale University faces a $165,000 fine for "very serious and numerous" violations of the law requiring Yale to report incidents of crime on campus. The U.S. Department of Education, in an April 19 letter to President Richard Levin, charged that Yale...

United Tech donates $3 million to Yale Cancer Center

2013-05-16 06:54:03

Hartford-based United Technologies Corp. has donated $3 million to establish a newly endowed professorship at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven. The donation, which was announced Wednesday, continues UTC's tradition of supporting cancer care and...

Yale cancer doctor: Angelina Jolie's mastectomy decision 'shines a light on genetic risk'

2013-05-15 12:44:02

Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy "shines a light on genetic risk," Dr. Anees Chagpar, director of the Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, said Tuesday. Jolie had both breasts removed because she has a mutation...

Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C

2013-05-14 15:40:15

Researchers need to work harder to screen high-risk populations for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, say the authors of a new Yale University study on the incidence of co-infection in the New Haven area. The study, published Tuesday...

Dr. Abha Agrawal has been appointed chief operating officer and vice president of medical affairs at Norwegian American Hospital. She will oversee all clinical areas, including patient care, laboratory, pharmacy, information technology, imaging, nursing and outpatient services.

2012-12-26 09:07:00

Margaret J. Lukaszyk, of Wethersfield, has been appointed associate vice president for health affairs development at Quinnipiac University. Before coming to Quinnipiac, Lukaszyk worked for 10 years as the development officer at the Yale School of Medicine.

2012-07-19 13:26:00

Police from Yale, the FBI and the Connecticut State Police are investigating what happened to 24-year-old Yale School of Medicine graduate student Annie Le , who was last seen at 10 Amistad Street in New Haven , the Yale lab building where she worked, on Tuesday. In photo, investigators from the

2009-09-10 00:00:00