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The health care spending paradox Forum Yale Alumni Magazine

WebAmid all the debate concerning the morality, legality, and feasibility of health-care reform, the United States faces a central paradox in its health-care system: we spend more than …

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“We wouldn’t have known if we hadn’t looked.” Features Yale …

WebTwo-thirds of the 5.7 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women, as are 75 percent of people with autoimmune disorders.. Men are more likely than women to …

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Happiness is just a click away Findings Yale Alumni Magazine

WebIt’s an outgrowth of Santos’s undergraduate offering, Psychology and the Good Life, which debuted in the spring of 2018 and became the most popular course in Yale’s history. …

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Trans pioneer and eye surgeon

WebThis interview has been condensed and edited. When Dr. Renée Richards ’55 attended an all-male Yale, she was captain of the Yale men’s tennis team. Her later attempt to quietly …

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It’s not just the germs Features Yale Alumni Magazine

WebWHO pushed governments in developing countries to swiftly expand AIDS treatment. Between 2000 and 2007, the number of people getting the new medications increased …

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Building a better student body Old Yale Yale Alumni Magazine

WebYale’s golden age of physical fitness began in 1892, when a grand neo-Roman style gymnasium replaced the 1859 building on Library Street that Yale men had judged to be …

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College alum is Yale Med’s first woman dean

WebIn February, Brown will return to her alma mater to become the Yale School of Medicine’s 19th dean—the first woman to hold that post. Brown succeeds Robert Alpern, who is …

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A doctor’s life, chronicled Milestones Yale Alumni Magazine

WebRichard Selzer’s prose brought medicine to life. Yale surgeon Richard Selzer, who died in June, wrote 13 books of fiction, essays, and memoir. View full image. In Richard Selzer’s …

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A new doctor in the house Milestones Yale Alumni Magazine

WebAmber Shumake New Yale Health CEO Jason Fish has applied artificial intelligence and data analytics to patient care. View full image. If you or someone in your family studies or …

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A 29-year career making changes at Yale

WebIn announcing her leave-taking, the official news release required almost 3,000 words merely to hit the highlights of a Yale career that has run 29 years (so far: she will …

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Honoring trailblazers President's Letter Yale Alumni Magazine

WebMichael Marsland The Yale Alumni Magazine publishes a letter in every issue from President Peter Salovey ’86PhD—shown here with his wife, Marta Moret ’84MPH, …

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Reengineering lower Hillhouse Avenue

WebLast year, Yale announced that the School of Engineering and Applied Science will expand its faculty from 92 professors to more than 120. In February, the university outlined its …

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Two new leaders for Slifka Center

WebTwo new leaders for Slifka Center. “A space for students to create a community of meaning.”. Executive director Uri Cohen (left) and chaplain Jason Rubenstein were …

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A scholar of humans—and nature

WebStephen Kellert ’71PhD, a longtime professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, died in November. View full image. Stephen Kellert ’71PhD, a professor …

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Bookworms live longer Findings Yale Alumni Magazine

WebBookworms live longer. Book readers’ lives were two years longer than nonreaders’. reading habits. Although sedentary activities are not usually regarded as promoting health, a …

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Linda Schwartz ’84MSN, ’98DPH: a veterans' advocate who's been …

WebIn 1983, when Linda Spoonster Schwartz ’84MSN, ’98DPH, was a flight nurse in the Air Force reserves, she suffered a traumatic brain injury when the hatch blew off …

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Malpractice plaintiff awarded $12 million verdict Light & Verity

WebBut in June, in a unanimous 38-page decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling that DiLieto's gynecologist and the Yale School of Medicine had …

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Artificial turf for the Bowl

WebThe Yale Bowl, preserved in nearly its original form for 101 years, is a kind of shrine to old-school football. But the pressures of modern college athletics affect even Yale. Case in …

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Robert B. Fetter Obituaries Yale Alumni Magazine

WebRobert B. Fetter passed away on July 15, 2018, at the age of 94. He taught at Yale for 31 years and was the Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Health Care …

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