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Harmonizing for Health, a collaboration between the Yale School of Public Health, NYC Health + Hospitals, and Juilliard Extension, seeks to identify the unique role music could have in relieving health care staff burnout and compassion fatigue.

Secondary caregivers are the quiet forces orbiting the primary caregiver, who step in to steady the system when the daily strain becomes too much, says Joan Monin, professor of public health at Yale University.

A new pair of studies from Yale School of Public Health suggests that when a parent is living with dementia or depression, the consequent financial stress becomes a hidden source of emotional turmoil for millions of U.S. families.

In the field of stroke research, Yale works to bridge the gap between preclinical and clinical, increasing the likelihood that new treatments work in patients.

Researchers discovered a protective mechanism used by the brain to mitigate calcium dysfunction, a risk factor for neurodegeneration.

“It would be interesting to see how the gluteus maximus changes in people with better or worse glucose control or if other chronic conditions impact the muscle in the same way,” adds Richard Marottoli, MD, geriatrician at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, who wasn’t involved in the study.

Community-based interventions—in churches, barbershops, and community centers, and more— have emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against hypertension.

Three researchers seek to build on existing work around stroke rehabilitation and are involved in studies they believe will lead to important contributions to long-term outcomes after stroke.

In the 1970s, Yale School of Medicine helped establish emergency medical services in Connecticut, work that then inspired efforts at a national scale.