Key points Trichotillomania (repeated hair-pulling) and excoriation disorder (repeated skin-picking) can run in families and aren’t just “bad habits.” A Yale study with 100+ families found that people ...

Yale Pathology Labs know that test results are integral to the daily routine of your practice. From diagnosing patients to selecting treatments, your lab service affects nearly every patient. When you ...

The Muzumdar Lab seeks to understand how genetic alterations cooperate with environmental and host factors to drive the progression of the most recalcitrant cancers in hopes of devising novel ...

Our mission is to provide students with integrated training in clinical medicine and research that qualifies them to perform at the highest standards as rigorous clinicians and scientists; to create a ...

Since Yale University's pioneering X-ray experiment in 1898, its Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging has become a leader in the field, attracting top-tier faculty and delivering advanced ...

Thank you to our current sponsors: Yale School of Medicine, Allen Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Society for Pediatric Research. Caty Buck is a neonatologist and clinical researcher.

A medical school education should be accessible for every student admitted. Yale School of Medicine offers generous financial aid, comprised of scholarships and loans. The Office of International ...

How does social media affect the mental health of young people, and does more use always mean more harm? Several researchers are working to find out through four pilot studies funded by Yale Child ...

Mayes explained three ways that literacy in childhood may improve lifelong health. To start, she said, literacy can promote understanding, including what a young person can do to live a healthier life ...

The Big Five personality traits are a scientifically based measure of personality that can be studied using self-reported assessments that indicate whether people score high or low in each of the five ...

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 ...

Investigators in the Yale Department of Psychiatry investigated the genetic profiles of more than 1 million participants enrolled in multiple cohorts around the ...