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Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C
The Hartford CourantResearchers need to work harder to screen high-risk populations for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, say the authors of a new Yale University study on the incidence of co-infection in the New Haven area. The study, published Tuesday...Tags: Hepatitis, Medical Procedures and Tests, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines
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Release Of Wife Killer From Psychiatric Hospital Hotly Debated Again
The Hartford CourantThe state Psychiatric Security Review Board Friday heard competing testimony on the issue of whether to release wife-killer David Messenger into a Hartford residential treatment center. Messenger was found not guilty by reason of insanity after killing...Tags: Yale University, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals
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Placentas provide clues about autism risk at birth, study says
Researchers believe they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism -- by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly after birth. The abnormalities in question are called...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, University of California, Davis, Medical Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, American School for the Deaf
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A New Breed Of Doctor, From New School
The Hartford CourantWith the health care system swamped by the Affordable Care Act and a physician shortage threatening the future of health care, the medical community has called for more medical schools to produce more doctors — specifically, more primary care...Tags: House (tv program), Plastic Surgeons, Colleges and Universities, State University of New York, Lobbying
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Sandy Hook Commission Studying Mental Health Following Newtown Massacre
The Hartford CourantAfter focusing on guns for the past two months, the governor’s Sandy Hook Advisory Commission held its first public hearing Friday on mental health issues related to the Newtown massacre. Kim Pernerewski, the president of the Waterbury chapter...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Personal Weapon Control, Health, Mental Illness
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9 Honored At Women Of Innovation Awards Dinner
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut Technology Council honored nine women for their leadership in science, technology and engineering at the its annual Women of Innovation awards dinner Tuesday. Yvonne Will, an associate research fellow at Pfizer, won in the research...Tags: Chemical Industry, United Technologies Corporation, Human Interest, Colleges and Universities, Technology
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Match Day 2013 results are good for future internal-medicine patients
America’s future doctors are increasingly interested in become primary-care physicians -- good news for America’s future patients. Friday was “Match Day,” the day when fourth-year medical students find out where they’ll...
Tags: General Practitioners, Internists, Medical Specialization, Internal Medicine, Teaching and Learning
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A Yale Study on Sugar and Our Brains Stirs Up Controversy
Robert Sherwin was a little shocked by the stormy reaction to a study released in early January by his team of scientists at Yale University's School of Medicine. He shouldn't have been. Their report dropped smack in the middle of a nasty national...
Tags: Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Obesity, Food Industry, Consumer Goods Industries
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Smoking while pregnant could mean child reading problems later
Pregnant women who smoke run into the risk of their children have reading problems later in life, a Yale School of Medicine study has found. The reserachers looked at the reading tests of 5,000 students and found that many whose mothers smoked while...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Drugs and Medicines, Pediatrics
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Yale Study Finds Smoking Bans Can Help with Booze Problems
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have come up with an interesting correlation between smoking bans and problems with alcohol. It seems that, if you drink too much booze and like to go to bars, you have a better chance of kicking that bad...Tags: Substance Abuse, Alcohol Addiction, Behavioral Conditions
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Food allergy treatment shows promise
CNNWith food allergies still on the rise and no clear answer about their causes, parents of allergic children anxiously await the development of an effective treatment to prevent life-threatening reactions. Researchers are making progress with a method...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Children's Memorial Hospital, Health and Safety at School
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Best Dermatologist
1) Dr. Kalman Watsky Dr. Kalman Watsky practices dermatology at 330 Orchard St. in New Haven, adjacent to San Raphael's Hospital, where he is the section chief of Dermatology, and finds it a "little weird" to have his practice featured in a Reader's...
Tags: Cheshire, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Drugs and Medicines, Medical Specialization, Dermatology
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