A five-year federal grant awarded to Rutgers University-Newark will soon begin examining whether something as simple as rigorous exercise can help stave off Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans. The funding, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part...
Please read Dr. Blaser’s article in Cancer Cell titled, “Tumor microbiome links cellular programs and immunity in pancreatic cancer.” The microbiome contributes to human health and disease, including oncogenesis. Although it is uncertain whether the...
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that what you eat could make a big difference in your mental acuity during your later years. The research linked cognitive decline with the frequent consumption of ultra-processed foods such as...
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Chancellor Brian Strom leads investigation of the medications’ co-prescription and veteran overdoses and deaths. Are veterans who simultaneously take opioids for chronic pain and benzodiazepines for anxiety and insomnia at an...
The coronavirus pandemic may have actually helped some kids avoid a long-term lung disease. According to a new Rutgers study that published in Respiratory Research, new diagnoses of asthma among minors decreased by 52% during the first year of the pandemic, compared...
