Curbing the price of novel diabetes and obesity medications
The implications of exorbitant prices for new diabetes and obesity therapies are alarming, according to researchers. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Study identifies driver of liver cancer that could be target for treatment
Inhibiting a certain protein in mice reduced obesity-induced liver tumor development, Yale researchers found. It could reveal a future treatment route. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 25, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Perinatal substance use may shape how strongly mothers feel toward infants
Substance use during pregnancy and postpartum may impact areas of the brain associated with what experts call “affective empathy,” a new study suggests. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Bringing mobile health services to veterans experiencing homelessness
A new mobile medical unit will allow Veterans Affairs care teams to provide primary care and addiction medicine services in the New Haven area. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Inaugural symposium highlights need for allyship, equity in global health
Nearly 200 people gathered on campus for the Yale Institute for Global Health ’s inaugural Global Health Symposium on April 5. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

The best leaders use intuition
In an excerpt from her new book, Yale SOM ’s Emma Seppälä writes that drawing on instinct as well as analysis can help you make better decisions. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Beyond weight loss: Five Yale experts on the benefits of exercise
Five Yale physicians in areas ranging from infectious diseases to allergy and immunology discuss why exercise is key to optimal health. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Peer-led bootcamp helps medical students prepare for clerkship
Developed for Yale Internal Medicine clerkships, the bootcamp ’s success has led to its integration into mandatory clerkship training, with plans to expand. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Common antibiotic may be helpful in fighting respiratory viral infections
Yale researchers say that nasal application of neomycin shows promise in the prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Study: Proposed changes to Medicare, Medicaid could cost thousands of lives
Proposed changes to Medicare and Medicaid, including raising the age of Medicare eligibility, could lead to thousands of additional deaths, a Yale study shows. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Which colonoscopy prep is right for you?
Yale Medicine physicians describe different options that make colonoscopy prep more bearable, including better-tasting drinks and pills that clear the colon. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Novel study quantifies immense economic costs of mental illness in the U.S.
A new Yale analysis of the economic toll of mental illness considers a host of adverse economic outcomes not considered in earlier estimates. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Understanding bacteria protection in order to break through it
Yale researchers have uncovered new details on how bacteria like E. coli build their protective barriers, which will inform new antibiotic development. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 19, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Ketamine produces wide variety of responses in the brain, researchers find
A new Yale-led study explains why only 65% of patients treated with ketamine respond to therapy. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New blog addresses long-COVID struggles seen on the front lines
Yale ’s Lisa Sanders, author of The New York Times Magazine’s “Diagnosis” column and Netflix series, is trying to crack the long COVID-19 code (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 17, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news