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Robert J. Alpern, MD, dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine, has informed the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) community that he will not seek to serve a fourth five-year term as dean when his current term expires in 2019.
Test drive: An innovative lab at Yale aims to reduce car crashes.
Besides testing treatments, research studies help doctors understand conditions so they can help future patients
New Haven’s biotech community has seen fits and starts, but today it is achieving critical mass. Upwards of 50 biotech and medical device companies employ more than 5,000 people in greater New Haven. Yale School of Medicine has been instrumental in the communty's growth.
A multisite study based at the Child Study Center seeks to develop biomarkers to better diagnose and treat the often baffling disorder
Yale Cancer Center Director Charles Fuchs, MD, and his wife, Joanna Fuchs, MD, have personal reasons for taking on colon cancer.
Surgeons from Yale's Center for Living Organ Donors provide our donors with free health monitoring for life and communities of support.
Jason Thomson’s personal journey illustrates an economic shift in Connecticut. After he was laid off by Pfizer six years ago, he found a great job at the Yale Stem Cell Center. The center's groundbreaking research is leading to clinical advances and helping to foster a bioscience startup industry.
Yale Medicine physicians helped develop a new "artificial pancreas," which monitors blood glucose levels and adjusts insulin delivery automatically.
Dr. Pamela Ventola's WHRY-sponsored study has shown for the first time that a treatment to help children with autism become more socially engaged works better in girls than boys.
Yale Medicine is testing a new medication to address sudden deafness that's aimed at preventing damage to the inner ear and restoring hearing.
Steve Valavanis thought he put his circulation problems behind him 20 years ago, but they flared up again. Fortunately, Yale Medicine surgeons have new techniques for addressing his condition.
The CD-CP program, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, provides immediate help when children are exposed to traumatic experiences, especially violence.
Tennis-lover Thomas Dolan, 85, got back on the court quickly thanks to Yale Medicine physicians and a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
Danette Guay, 49, of Middletown, suffered back pain but balked at a spinal fusion procedure. Instead, artificial disk replacement allows her to continue to enjoy gardening and cross-country skiing.
Whether a person has had a heart attack or cardiac arrest, it's essential to get medical treatment immediately. Tips from Dr. Anthony Tomassoni.
The Gender-Affirming Surgery Program at Yale Medicine helps transgendered people change their sex surgically from male to female. This is the first and only program of its kind in Connecticut. At this time, the department does not perform female-to-male surgeries, which are more complicated and more costly.
The Yale Medicine Child Study Center has helped the Brown family navigate a son's complex autism diagnosis throughout many difficult years. Now 26, Bob Brown has forged a path of independence.
A core group of physicians at Yale Medicine pays particular attention to women’s sports injuries, including prevention and carefully targeted physical therapy after surgery.
Connecticut Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) runs a simulation program at hospitals around the state aimed at boosting the expertise of ED personnel for dealing with children to ensure that every ill or injured child in the state receives the best emergency care.