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Portrait of cardiac surgeon Dr. Colleen Pietras
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.

Mustafa Khokha, MD, director of the Pediatrics Genomics Discovery Program (PGDP), collaborates researchers, including Emily Mis, PhD
A Child’s Genome Leads to a New Discovery

By Kimberly Conner

Two Yale Medicine doctors founded the Yale Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program (PGDP) to apply genetic sequencing and rigorous research to help shed light on unexplained illnesses in newborns and children.

Dr. Velazquez, new chief of cardiovascular medicine at Yale, closeup portrait
Yale's New Heart Chief Wants to Help You Live Longer

By Kathy Katella

Yale Medicine's chief of cardiovascular medicine plans to improve cardiac care by focusing on such areas as discovery science, genetics, research, and population health.

Portrait of Dr. Hsia close
Healthier Futures for Babies (And Adults) with Congenital Heart Defects

By Kathy Katella

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

Portrait of Dr. Weimer, an addiction medicine specialist at Yale Medicine
Addiction in Your Family? Advice from a Yale Medicine Expert

By Jenny Chen

A new service launched at Yale Medicine helps doctors diagnose substance use disorders in patients at the hospital.

Dr. Herbst with Dr. Doroshow discussing immunotherapy for NSCLC
Lung Cancer Immunotherapy: Which Patients Does It Help?

By Kathleen Raven

Immunotherapy holds great promise for lung cancer patients, but more research is needed to understand why some patients respond, and most do not.

young lacrosse player
Taking the Worry Out of Kids’ Sports Injuries

By Kathy Katella

Children love to play sports. In this slideshow, David Frumberg, MD, a Yale Medicine orthopedic surgeon, provides advice to parents on how to prevent unnecessary sports injuries and keep their kids safe.

a group of teenagers, possibly protected from HPV-related disease after receiving the HPV vaccine
The ABCs of the HPV Vaccine

By Carrie MacMillan

Yale Medicine doctors discuss the importance of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which protects against the types of HPV that can cause cancer.

A patient receives photopheresis therapy.
Photopheresis: A Cancer Treatment That Goes Beyond Skin Deep

By Kimberly Conner

Photopheresis, a blood-filtering treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, may be used for graft-versus-host disease and solid organ transplant rejection.

Marcus and Laura Gordon with their two dogs on the couch
Doctors Care for Family Members, Too, When Patients Are in ICU

By Jenny Chen

How better care for families in the Yale Neuro ICU made a difference for Marcus Gordon, who suffered from a traumatic brain injury shortly after his wedding.

Patient portrait in his home.
Genetic Sequencing in Heart Disease Patients Can Benefit Families

By Kathleen Raven

Until recently, patients and doctors relied on well-established family histories of heart problems as a predictor—and not always an accurate one—of risk.

older people walking, perhaps because of successful hip replacement surgery
Taking the Worry Out of Hip Surgery

By Kathy Katella

Hip replacements are considered to be one of the greatest success stories in orthopedics. In this slideshow, Yale Medicine orthopedic surgeons share surprising insights about hip surgeries.