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Oct 20, 2016 05:50 AM EDT

Protein Associated With Alzheimer's Disease Also A Key Player In Schizophrenia; How Are The Two Diseases Related?

Neurons collected from skin cells of patients with schizophrenia showed high levels of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s, researchers have found.

Dec 21, 2015 06:31 PM EST

Ketamine May Help With Overeating Linked To Depression

Researchers at Yale University discovered that ketamine--a type of anesthetic typically used before a medical or dental procedure--may be helpful in treating chronic overeating tied to depression and chronic disease.

Oct 18, 2015 02:18 PM EDT

Jedidah Isler Is The First African-American Woman To Receive A Yale PhD In Astrophysics

Meet Jedidah Isler. She's the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Yale.

Jul 17, 2015 02:32 PM EDT

The Stanford Prison Experiment: Dr. Philip Zimbardo Looks Back On The Controversial Psychological Study

Forty-four years since the experiment first took place, a new movie on the extremely controversial study hits the big screen.