YNHH-related news stories

Use this list to locate YNHH-related news stories appearing in the media. Also, check our news releases section for for press information from Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Business New Haven — 3/3/08
Panera Shares Bread with YNHH
The 11 Panera Bread bakery-cafÈs in western Connecticut have named Yale-New Haven Hospital the recipient of the proceeds from Panera's Operation Dough-Nation.

Tyra Banks Show — 2/21/08
Breast health featured
Tyra's show featured an interview with Dr. Liane Philpotts, chief of breast imaging and co-director of the Yale Breast Center, and a segment on a woman's first mammogram, performed by the Yale-New Haven Mammography Van. The van was on site in New York City.

New Haven Register — 2/11/08
Y-NH names cancer center VP
Yale-New Haven Hospital has appointed a New York hospital administrator as vice president and executive director of its new Smilow Cancer Center.

Hartford Courant — 1/13/08
Landmark YHHH operation captured on video
The Hartford Courant recently followed Sukru Emre, MD, of Yale-New Haven Hospital through a living-donor liver transplant — the first operation of its kind in Connecticut.

Business New Haven — 12/10/07
Yale's Smilow Hospital to be built green
Yale-New Haven Hospital's cancer center has announced a new name and plans for state-of-the art "green" design.

New Haven Register — 12/6/07
Scientists eye links between exercise, protein, depression
A protein in the brain that surges in response to exercise may lead to an entirely new kind of antidepressant, according to a Yale study published in Nature Medicine.
(Story no longer available online.)

New Haven Register— 11/25/07
Ankle replacement a recent breaktrough
Ankles take a beating, but until recently there was no way to replace the crucial joint. No one knows this better than Damien Diaz, 38, of New Haven. Earlier this month, he received the first total ankle replacement in Connecticut, promising a continued ability to walk and, perhaps, even dance.
(Story no longer available online.)

Yale Daily News— 11/1/07
Y-NH Cancer Center named for Smilow ’54
As Joel Smilow ’54 stood at the podium during a press conference Wednesday to speak about a donation he made recently to the Yale-New Haven Hospital — the largest gift the hospital has ever received — he said he has been brought to tears by cancer twice this week.

New London Day— 10/22/07
Groton teen gets a new liver, his family a new perspective
James Johnson called, in awe. In awe of medicine, miracles and his maker. (Paid subscription required. Click here.)

New Haven Register— 10/21/07
Donors honored for giving gift of life
When Ida Ginetti, 58 of East Haven, gave a kidney to her brother Joseph Scali, 63, in January, her emotional reward was walking into his hospital room the day after surgery and seeing how much healthier he looked.
(Story no longer available online.)

WTNH — 10/4/07
October is breast cancer awareness month
The Yale-New Haven Breast Center has a Digital Mobile Mammography Van, the first in New England, making screenings convenient for women in Connecticut. (Video clip)

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