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Child Birth Planning

Our approach to childbirth combines traditions with advanced medical practice, whether it's using medical interventions only when necessary or trying for a vaginal delivery after a prior C-section.

Organ Transplant: Finding More Ways to Save Lives

By Kathy Katella

With over 100,000 people waiting for organs, Yale Medicine doctors are pioneering new ways to use organs once considered unsuitable. This slideshow highlights how Yale Medicine experts are making the most of organ donations.

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Epilepsy or Not? PNES Mistaken for More Common Seizure Disorder

By Jennifer Chen

A seizure disorder looks and feels like epilepsy but is not caused by it. Yale Medicine experts discuss the disorder's diagnosis and treatment options.

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Will Measles Change Our View on Vaccinations?

By Carrie MacMillan

Measles is a highly infectious disease that continues to pop up throughout the U.S. Yale Medicine doctors discuss the importance of vaccination.

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How New Ketamine Drug Helps with Depression

By Jennifer Chen

The FDA approved the first truly new medication for major depression in decades. The drug is a nasal spray called esketamine, derived from ketamine—an anesthetic that has made waves for its surprising antidepressant effect. Our Yale psychiatrists discuss its benefits and limitations.

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Nicotine Addiction From Vaping Is a Bigger Problem Than Teens Realize

By Kathleen Frey Raven

More teenagers are vaping, putting themselves at risk of becoming addicted to nicotine, a drug that can negatively affect an adolescent's growing brain.

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Having a Quarter-Life Crisis? How to Make Life Better for Future You

By Colleen Moriarty

Like the better-known midlife crisis, the quarter-life crisis is common. Our Yale Medicine experts urge young people to pay attention to their unique health needs now to avoid problems later in life.

A doctor examines a child with a congenital heart defect.
What Parents of Children with Heart Defects Need to Know

By Carrie MacMillan

This slideshow shows how medical advances have helped children (and adults) with congenital heart defects, which are the most common type of birth defect, affecting about 1 in every 100 babies born in the U.S. each year.

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3 Things to Know About Your Heart During Cancer Treatment

By Colleen Moriarty

There are cardiovascular risks associated with having cancer or being treated for it. So if you have or ever had cancer, pay special attention to your heart.

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Putting Your Child's Heart in the Right Hands

By Kathy Katella

Yale Medicine's new chief of pediatric cardiac surgery is building a comprehensive congenital heart program in Connecticut.

Ayyaz Ali Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery)
The Incredible Precision of a Heart Transplant Surgeon

By Kathy Katella

The leader of Yale Medicine's heart transplant program wants to make sure no one in Connecticut will have to leave the state for a heart transplant and the complex medical therapy that can help them regain a good quality of life.

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Worried About Heart Health? Yale Medicine Expert Has Answers

By Kathy Katella

Yale Medicine's first female cardiac surgeon shares advice on heart health and discusses the challenges of heart surgery.