Brendan Hellweg
Four cups a day keeps the doctor away

Improved cardiovascular health and decreased likelihood of liver cancer, Parkinson’s disease and Type II diabetes are all potential benefits of regular coffee consumption, according to the Mayo Clinic. But a new Yale study may have recognized another health benefit: skin cancer protection.

With increased wealth, religions take a moral stand

The Notorious B.I.G. was famed for claiming, “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems,” but a new article from Yale psychology graduate student Konika Banerjee GRD ’17 and psychology professor Paul Bloom argues that the reality is different.

Protective alcohol genes protect some, not others

African Americans and European-American women with a certain gene combination are protected from alcohol use disorder even if they grew up in difficult environments — something that typically increases risk of alcoholism, according to a new study by researchers from Yale and University of Pennsylvania.

City pays tribute to veterans

Over 70 veterans, New Haven residents and municipal employees gathered in City Hall on Veterans Day to pay tribute to the city’s war veterans, adding to the city’s recent efforts to better serve its veteran community.

People cooperate to their disadvantage

Conceptions of fairness guide individuals to share, even when different strategies exist that could create greater equality, according to a new Yale study bridging psychology and economics.

Treating schistosomiasis, hitting malaria

Two of the most socioeconomically devastating parasitic diseases in tropical countries — malaria and schistosomiasis — may be closely linked in their infection processes, a recent Yale study has found.

Study considers teen substances

Deepa Camenga is an instructor in pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine and the first author of “Marijuana, Alcohol Use and Attempted Cigarette Cessation in Adolescent Boys and Girls,” a Yale study recently published in the journal Substance Abuse.