Adolescent girls who develop anorexia typically engage in unnoticed dieting for up to six months before an official diagnosis is made, according to a study coauthored by a Rutgers researcher. “Dieting is a well-known precursor behavior to more serious restrictive...
People with opioid-use disorder who are pregnant may have more favorable neonatal health outcomes when using buprenorphine, an active ingredient in suboxone and other medications approved for treatment of opioid-use disorder, compared with methadone, according to a...
Could the underproduction of poorly understood immune cells contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive decline? A Rutgers study in Nature Immunology suggests it may – and that increasing these cells could reverse the damage. Rutgers researchers...
In an intensive look at the effects of the virus causing COVID-19 on patients’ microbiome – the collection of microorganisms that live in and on the human body – Rutgers scientists found that acute infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad microbes in...
Please read Dr. Chen’s article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research titled, “Identifying Influences in Patient Decision-making Processes in Online Health Communities: Data Science Approach.” In recent years, online health communities (OHCs)...
