New Trial Aims to Halt Parkinson’s Disease Before Its Onset: Yale's PRISMS study is investigating an anti-inflammatory drug in individuals with REM sleep behavior disorder to see if it prevents the ...

A question has puzzled researchers and clinicians as worldwide cannabis use has risen: Why do certain people who try cannabis never develop a problem with addiction, while roughly one in 10 progresses ...

For decades, the relationship between fat and cancer has been treated as a question of quantity: eat less fat, reduce your risk of developing cancer. The research, published April 29 in Cancer ...

Endometriosis, characterized by endometrial-like tissue growing outside the uterus, often presents with complex symptoms and a diagnostic delay that can last up to a decade. The Yale study explored ...

This test, if confirmed, could help doctors fast-track endometriosis patients who are resistant to progesterone-based birth control to more effective treatments, says Hugh Taylor, MD, chair and Anita ...

Circadian rhythm, our internal biological 24-hour cycle, regulates many of the body’s critical functions. When this internal clock is in tune with the outside world, our body knows when to sleep and ...

The research drew from two different analyses. In the first, more than 800 trauma-exposed individuals completed a PTSD symptom checklist, and the researchers assessed the connections between different ...

Rachel Perry, PhD, has spent most of her scientific life thinking about how the body moves energy around—how glucose rises and falls, how tissues compete for fuel, and how metabolism shifts during ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to their neurotypical counterparts. Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition ...

America's looming physician shortage is accelerating. A decade-long study reveals that the percent of physicians leaving clinical practice jumped from 3.5% to 4.9% between 2013 and 2019—a troubling ...

“There’s a paucity of treatment out there for long COVID brain fog, so when I kept seeing the benefits of this treatment in patients, I felt a sense of urgency to disseminate this information,” says ...

The benefits of exercise and its positive influence on physical and mental health are well documented, but a new Yale and VA Connecticut study sheds light on ...