New Jersey bill looks to give easier access to mental health drugs
Next week in Trenton, lawmakers will discuss a bill that will make it easier for patients with serious mental illnesses like PTSD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and others to get the medicine they need – by requiring prescription drug coverage without prior...
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How the FDA Opens the Door to Risky Chemicals in America’s Food Supply
The FDA’s restraints on food ingredients are limited and relatively feeble, especially compared with those in Europe, a KFF Health News examination found. There are at least 950 substances in our food that are not permitted in Europe, according to one expert’s...
Amid Trump’s ire, can Harvard afford to lose federal research funds?
Harvard University is very rich. On that, most people agree. Whether it’s rich enough to get through the next four years unscathed is less certain. On Monday, the Ivy League school’s leaders took the bold step of publicly rejecting a sprawling list of demands from...
Most residents don’t know N.J. offers medical aid in dying, survey finds.
A Rutgers-led survey found that only about 11% of New Jersey residents are aware the Garden State allows medical aid in dying. Although New Jersey passed the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act in 2019, the study “lets us know that those with access to...
Rutgers Researchers Revive Decades-Old Pregnancy Cohort with Modern Scientific Potential.
The Camden Study, a pregnancy cohort of 4,765 women recruited between 1985 and 2006 from one of America’s poorest cities, has found new life at Rutgers University – where it promises to unlock critical insights into maternal and child health for researchers worldwide....
Spring allergy season returns to NJ. How bad will it be?
While plenty of New Jerseyans complained about the colder-than-usual winter we just experienced, allergy sufferers may hold back on their criticism. The mostly frigid and dry conditions seen over the last three months may produce less pollen from trees this spring in...
A $750 million effort to revolutionize cancer care in N.J. opens next month.
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, are opening New Jersey’s first freestanding cancer hospital next month. The Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, scheduled to open in...
New study raises alarm over Alzheimer’s blood tests.
Research from Rutgers Health indicates that blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease need to be interpreted with caution—particularly for Black patients. “These tests are currently geared towards primary care physicians and directly to older adults concerned about...
Elevated Serum cAMP Findings May Allow Asthma Diagnosis by Blood Test.
New research has found that cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is highly elevated in the blood of people with asthma, enabling diagnosis and possibly severity determination with a simple blood test. "What we discovered is a specific transporter, a protein on the...