Kristie McNealy, MD

Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect in the early stages, when the possibility of a cure is high. Symptoms are vague, and in far too many cases, ovarian cancer isn’t diagnosed until it is too late, making it the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among women. However, a new blood test developed [...]

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have determined that a gene which affects the severity of a variety of serious lung conditions, including asthma and cystic fibrosis, also affects fetal lung maturity. These researchers have shown that premature mouse pups bred to have low levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) had less developed [...]