Heart disease is killing Black women; 5 tips for preventing it.
Heart disease is largely preventable, experts say. Still, it’s the number one killer of Black women who sometimes lack access to health care and whose symptoms are often ignored. “The stark reality is more women die from heart disease than any other cause,” said Dr....
Why Research on Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment is Even More Relevant Today.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, with outbreaks continuing to emerge globally and domestically. While TB rates in the U.S. are low, the disease is on the rise according to the World Health Organization’s 2024 country...
How Parenthood May Help Keep Your Brain Young.
Parents' brains may be getting an unexpected benefit from raising children: protection against some effects of aging, according to a new study of nearly 37,000 adults. The research from Rutgers Health and Yale University, published in the Proceedings of the Natural...
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...
How a junk-food splurge can change your brain activity.
Five days of indulging in chocolate bars, crisps and other junk foods can lead to lingering changes in brain activity, a study shows1. The resulting brain patterns are similar to those seen in people who have obesity. A junk-food splurge shifted brain patterns in...
Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease.
Human health is influenced by an extraordinarily complicated range of factors, from genetics and socioeconomics to air quality and lifestyle factors like exercise. Princeton Precision Health(Link is external) (PPH) is taking aim at this whole complex picture, bringing...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Heinert's article in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science titled, "Comparing emergency department versus high school-based recruitment for a hypertension research study with adult-youth dyads." Inclusion of a support person in behavioral...
Google Develops AI-Coscientist to Aid Researchers
"The new tool, tested by scientists at Stanford University in the U.S. and Imperial College London, uses advanced reasoning to help scientists synthesize vast amounts of literature and generate novel hypotheses, the company said." Learn More
Join Princeton Precision Health Seminar Series on 3/28 in Princeton
Co-sponsored by NJ ACTS TBD presented by Matthew Salganik and Mark Verhagen March 28, 2025 12 - 1 pm 252 Nassau Street, Princeton View Details
Trump cuts to basic science, medical studies will hurt everyone, researchers say.
The Trump administration's cuts to health research will shorten life expectancy and threaten the lives of all Americans, according to university union leaders and scientists. Lab leaders and researchers said they're already seeing PhD students not getting admitted,...