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Simulated Cases, Real Skills
Increasingly, medical schools such as Yale are using standardized patients, lifelike mannequins and virtual reality to teach clinical skills.
Increasingly, medical schools such as Yale are using standardized patients, lifelike mannequins and virtual reality to teach clinical skills.
From the potion to the pill
In traditional Chinese medicine, the herb yarrow is used to treat the common cold, colic, indigestion and toothache.By characterizing and quantifying the active ingredients in traditional Chinese herbal remedies, Yale scientists hope to improve treatment and reduce toxicity for cancer patients.
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A fascination with violence
Dorothy Lewis has spent her career trying to understand serial killers such as John Allen Muhammad and Ted Bundy. Her theory—that all violent offenders share three traits—was once considered outrageous but now influences Supreme Court decisions.
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An arrest in New Haven, contraception and the right to privacy
When police raided a Trumbull Street clinic on November 10, 1961, it came as no surprise. The Planned Parenthood League...
Yale researchers cited among top 10
Among the top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2006, the journal Science has noted the work of two faculty members and a...
Yale Medicine is the Alumni Bulletin of the Yale University School of Medicine. Read More...
