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Relationships — whether romantic, platonic or familial — are powerful contributors to well-being. Having close social ties and support can improve health and resilience to stress and maybe even increase longevity. However, some research suggests that being married or being in a partnership could come with specific health-related benefits.

Yale is expanding access to a cutting-edge outpatient treatment to help patients whose fingers and toes are damaged by severe Raynaud phenomenon. By administering epoprostenol infusion to patients in outpatient settings, physicians can help prevent progressive loss of hand function and amputation.

The 98-year-old “Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine” has evolved a lot over the decades. Students have made it a success.

A 2009 law required Connecticut schools to have automated external defibrillators. But until now, the state didn't fund them.

After spending a significant portion of her career in research, Yogita Verma transitioned into an operations management role to broaden her impact within a dynamic, forward-thinking organization addressing one of the most critical areas of public health today: cardiovascular medicine.

An ancient Chinese exercise involving slow movements, baduanjin, was found to lower blood pressure without medication, gyms, or brisk walk.

The American Heart Association and other cardiac groups now recommend that everyone should be tested once for a type of cholesterol called lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a) that increases the risk for heart disease. Around one in five people have high Lp(a).

Two Yale cardiovascular researchers, Sara Tabtabai, MD, and fellow Sarah Abou Alaiwi, MD, received Women As One 2026 Mentorship Awards to advance research on improving detection and sex-specific understanding of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), especially in women.

A new Yale School of Medicine study seeks to understand where the physician-scientist pipeline begins and where it may be faltering.