Yale School of Public Health

The School of Public Health at Yale University provides leadership to protect and improve the health of the public. Through innovative research, policy analysis, and education that draws upon multidisciplinary scholarship from across the graduate and professional programs at Yale, the school serves local, national, and international communities with its knowledge and expertise.

Diabetes takes a heavy economic and educational toll on young patients

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01/09/2012: While the health implications of diabetes are well understood, new research led by the Yale School of Public Health has found that the disease also comes with high nonmedical costs for patients in the form of educational achievement and future earnings potential. >>>

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Statins May Reduce Mortality in Influenza Patients

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12/16/2011: The two most common weapons to fight influenza are an annual immunization and the use of antiviral drugs. A team of investigators has found that statins—a drug widely used to lower cholesterol—may offer additional benefits that complements these approaches and reduces mortality among patients with influenza.

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Dengue Fever as a Children’s Game

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12/15/2011: Dengue fever is no laughing matter. But several Yale students and others are hoping that the potentially lethal tropical disease makes for an entertaining children’s game. >>>

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Indoor Tanning Linked to Skin Cancer in Young People

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12/02/2011: People who used indoor tanning beds are at a significantly higher risk of developing basal cell carcinoma (BCC) before the age of 40 than people who never used indoor tanning beds, a new study by Yale Cancer Center researchers has found. BCC is an extremely common type of skin cancer, more frequent than all other cancers combined. >>>

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Ethiopia as a Model for Health Care Leadership

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11/21/2011: Despite extensive poverty and limited resources, Ethiopia has made impressive strides in improving its health care system and can serve as a model for other countries seeking to make similar gains, a new paper by Yale researchers suggests. >>>

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