Study explores alcohol dependence

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Study explores alcohol dependence

By Dan Weiner March 26, 2013 • 0

Researchers at the medical school have shown that the brains of heavy drinkers process alcohol in a way that encourages substance dependence.

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SADANAND: Previewing Deep Impact

By Saheli Sadanand March 26, 2013 • 0

Rarely do I have a “For serious? That just happened?!” moment while reading the morning news, but last month’s meteor explosion in Siberia was pretty freaky.

The “Portraits of Wounded Bodies” exhibition at the John Hay Whitney Medical Library explores common Civil War medical practices through photographs and medical journals.

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Medical library showcases war photographs

By Emma Goldberg March 26, 2013 • 0

Civil War clinical photography is currently on display in an exhibit at the John Hay Whitney Medical Library.

Yale’s Smilow Cancer Center was ranked the 35th best cancer hospital nationwide by the U.S. News and World Report.

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Smilow climbs in rankings

By Payal Marathe March 7, 2013 • 0

Though only 3 years old, the Smilow Cancer Center at Yale is moving up the rankings as one of the best in the nation.

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Eating times affect circadian rhythm, study finds

By Hannah Schwarz March 5, 2013 • 0

Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have found that when and what you eat affects the synchronization of the body’s biological clocks.

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Mainstream media stereotypes obesity

By Dhruv Aggarwal March 5, 2013 • 0

Obese people are negatively portrayed in mainstream media, a Yale researcher has found.

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Urry elected president of Astronomical Society

By Emma Goldberg March 5, 2013 • 0

Physics professor Megan Urry — an advocate for female leadership in the science community — has been elected the next president of the American Astronomical Society.

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Astronomers find smallest known planet

By Josh Mandell March 5, 2013 • 0

A large team of astronomers — including two members of Yale’s Astronomy Department — has discovered the Milky Way’s smallest known planet after analyzing two years of data from NASA’s Kepler probe.

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Nanoparticles may treat autoimmune disease

By Clinton Wang March 5, 2013 • 0

Lupus and other autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes may be cured with a novel method of drug delivery.

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Applied physics reflects, post-SEAS split

By Dan Weiner February 28, 2013 • 0

Nearly three years have passed since the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science decided to move the Applied Physics Department out of the school.

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Stress may offer workplace benefits

By Emma Goldberg February 26, 2013 • 0

Amidst midterm season, President-elect Peter Salovey has a message for students — stress can be good.

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Study pinpoints schizophrenia-causing receptor

By Dhruv Aggarwal February 26, 2013 • 0

A Yale study has identified the neuroreceptor whose malfunction is thought to cause cognitive diseases such as schizophrenia.