Pediatrics News
Inci B. Yildirim, M.D., Ph. D, M.Sc, has been named section chief of pediatric infectious diseases & global health at Yale School of Medicine, effective August 1, 2024.
- July 24, 2024Source: Wired
Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (endocrinology) at Yale School of Medicine, is quoted in an article on the next wave of weight-loss drugs.
- July 23, 2024Source: Yahoo
Ten years after the Flint water crisis, lead contamination is still top of mind — recently it was found in items like tampons and applesauce. The truth is, lead is all over our planet and has been used in many products, including paint, pipes, batteries, and cosmetics. So we asked Carl Baum, MD, a professor of pediatrics and of emergency medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, whether all of this should send you into a spiral.
- July 22, 2024
A new article published in Gastro Hep Advances by a team of Yale researchers and led by Lauren Smith, MD, finds parental milk and donor human milk support intestinal health and epithelial growth and differentiation, while formula specifically inhibits certain growth factors and prevents differentiation.
- July 16, 2024Source: WNPR
Today, we talk about gun violence as a public health crisis. The U.S. Surgeon General published a health advisory on the far-reaching consequences of firearm violence. The divide on how to respond to gun violence is deeply polarizing. But seeing it through a public lens perspective could change the conversation. And it can also bring new solutions. Surviving parents of gun violence victims join us and we also hear from James Dodington, Medical Director at the Center for Injury and Violence Prevention at Yale New Haven Health.
- July 16, 2024Source: WNPR
A pilot project in New Haven aimed at giving money to people injured by violence to help them in their recovery is expanding. Yale New Haven Hospital, funded by the nonprofit 4-CT, last year gave $1,000 each to 100 victims of violent crimes – primarily young men recovering from gunshot wounds at the hospital.
- July 15, 2024
Yale is the only hospital in Connecticut performing this procedure, and it was one of the first programs in the country to do so.
- July 11, 2024
We are pleased to announce Jong M. Rho, MD as the new section chief of Child Neurology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), effective December 1, 2024.
- July 11, 2024Source: Yale Ventures
The Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Yale is pleased to announce the eleven 2024 Yale projects selected for their promising research in autoimmunity and allergic diseases. In addition to grant funding, Colton Center awardees receive mentorship, access to industry expertise, and feedback on their potential commercialization.
- July 09, 2024Source: ABC News
A new report released by Yale Law School and Yale School of Medicine criticizes the often-cited Cass Review on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, commissioned by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom.