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Two prominent leaders in the Yale School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics have been recognized with prestigious honors by the International Chinese Statistical Association.
- March 03, 2021
Fifteen School of Medicine faculty members are among the newest group elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
- April 12, 2018
When Heping Zhang first began his appointment at the Yale School of Public Health, he did not even know what "epidemiology," a concept at the heart of the field of public health, meant. "It was not trivial to even learn how to spell it," he recalled.
- January 09, 2018
Many women struggling to have a baby turn to in-vitro fertilization to improve their chances, and then face further uncertainty and anxiety when confronted with the decision of whether to use frozen or fresh embryos. A new study by a researcher at Yale School of Public Health and co-authors in China finds an insignificant difference in live birth rates between the two methods.
- September 13, 2016
Frozen embryos may be better and safer than fresh embryos for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who use in vitro fertilization to conceive children, new research by an international consortium has found.
- October 17, 2014Source: NIH Research Matters
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a leading cause of female infertility. It affects 5-10% of reproductive-age women. Women with PCOS have unusually high levels of male hormones, infrequent or irregular menstruation cycles, and oftentimes enlarged ovaries packed with fluid-filled cysts.
- October 17, 2014Source: Kens5
Women undergoing fertility treatments often end up with twins or triplets. Now, a San Antonio study is helping test different treatments to see which one is most likely to yield a single baby. Couples who are desperate to have children often turn to medical science for help. A new federal study seeks to find the best way to treat them without risking complicated pregnancies with multiples.
- October 17, 2014Source: NBC Philadelphia
Doctors are asking women to enroll in a study by the National Institutes of Health that will support research to decrease the chances of potentially dangerous multiple births caused by fertility treatments.
- October 17, 2014Source: Kens5
A South Texas woman s dream of having a baby is coming true with the help of doctors at the U.T. Health Science Center in San Antonio.
- July 17, 2014
A research center at the Yale School of Public Health has been refunded with a $16.5 million grant to continue its support for a clinical research network whose discoveries could help millions of couples struggling with infertility.