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Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping the future of health care, offering new tools for earlier diagnosis of disease and more precise tracking of treatment outcomes.

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The seasonal timing of when infants receive the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization is crucial for ensuring its effectiveness, according to Yale research published in ...

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Adults aged 80 and older experience the highest prevalence of cardiovascular disease, yet the optimal blood pressure targets for this group have been unclear in clinical guidelines. Now, a new study from Yale School of Medicine (YSM) suggests that intensive blood pressure management may offer important benefits for very elde...

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Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, causes the hardening of skin and connective tissues. Often, the disease harms other organs, such as the heart, kidneys, lungs, and gastrointestinal tract, and it can lead to death.

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Scientists have uncovered more than 20 genes whose mutations cause familial forms of Parkinson鈥檚 disease. One of these genes is known as VPS13C, and mutations in this gene may contribute to the disease鈥檚 onset by causing the 鈥渢rash cans鈥� of cells to malfunction, Yale researchers repor...

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Patients in the early stages of psychosis respond to treatments differently than those who have developed a chronic version of the disorder. Understanding the neurobiological changes from early to chronic stages is essential for developing targeted prevention and treatment strategies. But how symptoms change during this tran...

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To better understand decision-making, researchers can create computational models鈥攇roups of equations that aim to predict what decisions people would make when faced with a set of choices. For example, a model might estimate how people would respond when given the choice between receiving a guaranteed amount of money or a ...

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Patients with psychosis have a disrupted connection to reality, often suffering from delusions and hallucinations. These symptoms have been thought to arise from the same brain processes, but a new Yale study upends this long-held belief. The new study examined the natural progression of delusions and hallucinations i...

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There鈥檚 a mysterious connection between our skin and our guts, specifically when it comes to food allergies. For reasons scientists don鈥檛 fully understand, chronic skin conditions such as eczema are linked to food allergies; while the national prevalence of childhood food allergies is only around 8%, that prevale...

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Most older adults prioritize retaining the ability to bathe, dress, walk, and perform household tasks independently as they age. Yet much remains to be understood about the causes of disability among this age group. In a new Yale study, ...

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A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could help them survive the intense physiological stresses of free-diving鈥攁nd could ultimately lead to better treatments for blood pressure disorders.

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A new study suggests that medication interruptions among children and young adults taking medicine for chronic conditions happened more often in states that had the biggest drops in Medicaid enrollment during the recent 鈥渦nwinding鈥� process.

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Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu of the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University, investigates cell-to-cell communication within the kidneys. His latest work is supported by a $2.76 million grant that runs through February 2029.

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The open-source software toolkit aims to predict whether individuals will develop progressive and chronic diseases years before symptoms appear. It can identify at-risk individuals with an accuracy of 85-99% and explain its outputs in ways that humans can understand.

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Rutgers University has received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to explore why some people struggle to resist everyday temptations and how that may play a role in various mental health conditions, including addiction, depression and impulse-control problems.

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In a study, published in JAMA Oncology, researchers at University of Michigan showed that the proportion of patients undergoing prostatectomy for the lowest-risk type of cancer dropped over fivefold between 2010 to 2024.

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Finding has implications for treating common neuropsychiatric disorders

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New modeling research challenges public health guidelines that recommend conservative antibiotic use for cholera. In some cases, prescribing antibiotics more broadly could slow or stop outbreaks and even reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance.

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Compared to laparoscopic cholecystectomies, the rate of needing a second procedure to repair a bile duct injury is high across the board

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Ismael Se谩帽ez鈥檚 lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury rehabilitation