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Yale Cancer Center Experts Warn That, Despite New Data, Increasing Sun Exposure Is Not the Way to Decrease Breast Cancer Risk

Cancer researchers and physicians have warned of the link between unprotected sun exposure and the development of skin cancer for decades, but experts from Yale Cancer Center warn that recent publicity about a new study linking a decreased risk of breast cancer to increased levels of vitamin D may be confusing. more…

No “Hollywood Heart Attack” symptoms for many women

Women under the age of 55 who have suffered a heart attack did not quickly seek treatment for a variety of reasons, including their uncertainty about whether non-traditional symptoms such as fatigue, indigestion, and shoulder and neck pain actually signal severe cardiovascular problems, Yale university researchers report today. more…

Drug Addicts Can Learn How to Save Lives, Yale Researchers Find

Drug users can be taught to identify and quickly respond to overdoses of heroin or other opioids as effectively as medical experts, a Yale University study suggests. more…

Factors Affecting Survival, Disability of Extremely Premature Infants Identified

Gestational age has long been the factor most commonly used to predict whether an extremely low-birth-weight infant survives and thrives, but four additional factors that can help predict a preemie’s outcome have been identified by the National Institutes of Health Neonatal Research Network, of which Yale is a member. more…

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Yale Medicine
On the wards in Uganda

For Yale physicians and medical students, a few weeks at Mulago Hospital in Kampala become a life-changing experience.
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Medicine@Yale
For patients, research... and for Yale

On October 31, before some 200 guests gathered in the East Pavilion of Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH), Joel E. Smilow, the former CEO, chairman and president of Playtex was thanked for his transformational gift supporting a new $467 million cancer hospital, now under construction.
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Yale Practice
Physician at Work: Helping children overcome emotional problems [PDF]

Linda Mayes, who was named special advisor to the dean in July, helps children under 5 overcome anxieties that interfere with their development.
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