YCCI News

Pain is a pervasive symptom encountered by physicians worldwide and a longstanding medical challenge, particularly against the backdrop of the opioid crisis.

Henry Yaggi, MD, MPH, professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine), discusses new research that shows people with obstructive sleep apnea have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

New Yale research reveals associations among genetics, brain structure, and eating disorder risk can be observed in children as young as 9 years old.

The largest epidemiological study to date on the psychiatric factors that can accompany endometriosis has demonstrated that depression, anxiety, and eating disorders are not only a result of the chronic pain endometriosis generates, but also have their own underlying genetic mechanisms.

Researchers reveal new insights into the role of the LRRK2 gene in triggering the devastating neurodegenerative disease.

A new deep learning application provides an automated screening strategy for left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. It can detect previously hidden conditions from electrocardiogram images.

The 2023 Iva Dostanic, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist Trainee Award Medical Grand Rounds (MGR) lecture was presented by Irene Chernova, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (nephrology), on Thursday, June 22, 2023.

Or Duek, PhD, assistant professor adjunct of psychiatry, and Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, professor of psychiatry and of psychology, are first and senior authors, respectively of a study published in Neuropsychopharmacology that tests the potential of a single infusion of ketamine, followed by brief exposure therapy, to enhance post-retrieval extinction of post-traumatic stress disorder trauma memories.

In a new study led by Mireille Serlie, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (endocrinology), researchers found that while the detection of nutrients in the stomach does induce brain activity changes in lean people, such brain responses are largely diminished in people with obesity.