Black patients who leave hospice care and patients with short stays in hospice care are at increased risks for being admitted to a hospital after being discharged from hospice, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their study, published in JAMA Network Open,...
On a scale of one to ten, how much pain do you feel? It’s a question many patients get from their doctor in the U.S. each day, often accompanied by the Visual Analogue Scale from 1-10 that was first introduced in clinics in 1921. A century later, the simple assessment...
Just living near gun violence – even without direct exposure or injury – significantly hurts quality of life, according to a study published in the Journal of Urban Health. This finding from the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers University reveals...
Mom always said, “Choose your friends wisely.” Now a study led by a Rutgers Health professor shows she was onto something: Their traits can rub off on you – especially ones that are in their genes. The genetic makeup of adolescent peers may have long-term consequences...
