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The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate
The Hartford CourantBinge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Science and Technology, Authors, Health and Medical Professionals, Behavioral Conditions
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READER SUBMITTED: Copes Named To The Founding Faculty Of The Frank H. Netter MD School Of Medicine At Quinnipiac
HamdenLynn E. Copes, of New Haven, has been appointed to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As an Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences, Copes will teach anatomy to students at Connecticut's newest...Tags: Students, Science and Technology, Education, Physiology, Arizona State University
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Yale faces $165,000 fine after university 'fails to report' four sex offenses
New Haven Register, Conn.Yale University faces a $165,000 fine for "very serious and numerous" violations of the law requiring Yale to report incidents of crime on campus. The U.S. Department of Education, in an April 19 letter to President Richard Levin, charged that Yale...Tags: Students, Fines, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Department of Education, Teaching and Learning
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United Tech donates $3 million to Yale Cancer Center
New Haven Register, Conn.Hartford-based United Technologies Corp. has donated $3 million to establish a newly endowed professorship at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven. The donation, which was announced Wednesday, continues UTC's tradition of supporting cancer care and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Provider, Human Interest, Louis R. Chenevert, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Yale cancer doctor: Angelina Jolie's mastectomy decision 'shines a light on genetic risk'
New Haven Register, Conn.Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy "shines a light on genetic risk," Dr. Anees Chagpar, director of the Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, said Tuesday. Jolie had both breasts removed because she has a mutation...Tags: Science and Technology, Breast Cancer, MRI (imaging), Ovarian Cancer, U.S. Supreme Court
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Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C
The Hartford CourantResearchers need to work harder to screen high-risk populations for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, say the authors of a new Yale University study on the incidence of co-infection in the New Haven area. The study, published Tuesday...Tags: Hepatitis, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, Health and Safety at School, New Britain
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Release Of Wife Killer From Psychiatric Hospital Hotly Debated Again
The Hartford CourantThe state Psychiatric Security Review Board Friday heard competing testimony on the issue of whether to release wife-killer David Messenger into a Hartford residential treatment center. Messenger was found not guilty by reason of insanity after killing...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists, Yale University
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Placentas provide clues about autism risk at birth, study says
Researchers believe they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism -- by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly after birth. The abnormalities in question are called...
Tags: University of California, Davis, Science and Technology, Ovarian Cancer, Gynecology, Obstetrics
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A New Breed Of Doctor, From New School
The Hartford CourantWith the health care system swamped by the Affordable Care Act and a physician shortage threatening the future of health care, the medical community has called for more medical schools to produce more doctors — specifically, more primary care...Tags: Students, Plastic Surgeons, General Practitioners, Health and Safety at School, Lobbying
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Sandy Hook Commission Studying Mental Health Following Newtown Massacre
The Hartford CourantAfter focusing on guns for the past two months, the governor’s Sandy Hook Advisory Commission held its first public hearing Friday on mental health issues related to the Newtown massacre. Kim Pernerewski, the president of the Waterbury chapter...Tags: The Institute of Living, Hospitals and Clinics, West Hartford, Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals
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9 Honored At Women Of Innovation Awards Dinner
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut Technology Council honored nine women for their leadership in science, technology and engineering at the its annual Women of Innovation awards dinner Tuesday. Yvonne Will, an associate research fellow at Pfizer, won in the research...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Science and Technology, Education, Human Interest, Research
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Match Day 2013 results are good for future internal-medicine patients
America’s future doctors are increasingly interested in become primary-care physicians -- good news for America’s future patients. Friday was “Match Day,” the day when fourth-year medical students find out where they’ll...
Tags: Students, Internists, General Practitioners, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Teaching and Learning
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