Fact Sheets

Vaccines for Adults
Vaccines aren’t just for kids. Thousands of adults go to the hospital each year for a serious (sometimes even deadly) disease they might have avoided if they had received the vaccination to prevent it.
Vaccines for Kids
Vaccines activate the immune system, training it to fight off certain viral and bacterial infections.
Bedside Ultrasound
Bedside ultrasound is an advanced technology that's especially helpful in emergency medicine, allowing doctors to closely monitor patients.
Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy (uTNE)
A procedure in which a health care provider examines the upper gastrointestinal tract with a thin, flexible tube equipped with a camera called an endoscope. The endoscope is inserted into the nose, down the throat, and into the stomach and sometimes the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. The procedure is done without sedation.
Cancer
Whether for screenings, diagnosis, or treatment for yourself or someone you care about, Yale Cancer Center offers multidisciplinary care.
Cancer-Related Fatigue
Fatigue is a common side effect of treatment for cancer. Learn more about symptoms and treatment.
Diagnosing Cancer
Doctors only diagnose cancer after ruling out other possible causes for symptoms and performing tests to check and double-check the diagnosis. Learn more about these tests.
Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy
Immune therapy is a cancer treatment approach that uses the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells. Learn more about this treatment.
Clinical Trials
New drugs and medical treatments need to go through a series tests called clinical trials. This is how new and better treatments are made possible.
Smoking and Cancer
Stopping smoking makes cancer treatments more effective, lessens treatment complications, and decreases the chances of cancer returning.