5 Things Everyone Should Know About the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
An unusual outbreak of pneumonia in China in December 2019 presented a medical mystery that may have been solved with the identification of a never-before-seen coronavirus, now known as the 2019 novel coronavirus—but many more questions are yet to be answered.
By Kathy Katella
Your doctor may be the smartest, most compassionate, and thoughtful person in the world. But don't let that stop you from getting a second opinion.
John Morton, MD, MPH, chief of Bariatric & Minimally Invasive Surgery for Yale Medicine, answers questions about weight and talks about a unique new weight loss center he expects to launch.
By Kathleen Frey Raven
National surveys have shown that e-cigarette use, or vaping, has risen sharply among teenagers and young adults. Yale Medicine addiction experts discuss ways that parents can talk to their kids about vaping.
Some patients with genetically inherited diseases may benefit from advances in the field of gene therapy, a treatment that aims to correct a person's genetic mutation. A Yale geneticist created a gene therapy intended to benefit a single patient and is now testing it in his lab.
By Jennifer Chen
Prescriptions for benzodiazepines have risen sharply in recent years and drawn concern for their addictive potential.
Robotic-assisted surgery is changing the way certain complex heart operations are being performed.
The prostate gland rotates and moves, making it hard to evaluate for biopsy. That's why Yale experts are using machine-learning techniques to help improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Older adults may worry that dementia is an inevitable part of aging, but it's not. A Yale Medicine geriatric psychiatrist answers some frequently asked questions about dementia.
By Colleen Moriarty
Newly proposed screening guidelines may help people get diagnosed earlier.
Yale Medicine is dedicated to applying new technologies and techniques to spine surgery.
Interventional oncology is a rapidly growing field in cancer care that offers minimally invasive therapies for patients.
A type of virus called bacteriophage, also referred to as phage, may help us target even the most hard-to-treat bacterial infections.
