Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt
According to a nationwide poll, Black adults who have had health care debt are twice as likely as white adults with such debt to say they've been denied care because they owe money. Read the Full Article
Even a mild case of COVID could harm your gut’s microbiome, especially if you’re on antibiotics, new study finds.
Why would a respiratory virus cause GI symptoms? It’s a question we’ve all been wondering since COVID hit the scene in late 2019. Since the beginning of the pandemic, patients who came down with the virus have reported a wide range of symptoms beyond the respiratory...
Join Us Tomorrow at 11 am for a NJ ACTS BERD Special Guest Lecture
Dimension Reduction in Observational Studies of Alzheimer's Disease Sarah Weinstein, MS December 13, 2022 11 am Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder, affecting memory and cognitive function in over 6 million Americans. With an aging population, the...
New Jersey Women Living in Costly Rental Areas More Likely to Experience Labor and Delivery Complications.
Women living in high-cost rental areas are more likely to suffer hemorrhage, heart failure and other life-threatening outcomes during labor and delivery, according to a Rutgers study. Researchers found an even greater discrepancy for those women without a high school...
Unsecured Handguns Account for the Majority of Firearm Suicide Deaths in the United States.
When people in the United States die by firearm suicide, they most frequently use handguns, many of which are stored loaded and unlocked, according to a Rutgers study. Researchers, whose findings are published in Death Studies, examined data from the National Violent...
Gene Mutation Leading to Autism Found to Overstimulate Brain Cells.
Scientists looking to understand the fundamental brain mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder have found that a gene mutation known to be associated with the disorder causes an overstimulation of brain cells far greater than that seen in neuronal cells without the...
Holiday Cheer? Strategies for Managing Mental Health Over the Holiday Season.
The lights, the parties, the traditions, the gifts, the meals together—at the end of every year, people around the globe celebrate the holidays. Holiday music, decorations, and lights occupy nearly every public space, while commercials and social media offer a...
Rutgers Scientists Produce “DNA Virus Vaccine” to Fight DNA Viruses.
Rutgers scientists have developed a new approach to stopping viral infections: a so-called live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA virus vaccine that uses a compound known as centanamycin to generate an altered virus for vaccine development. The method was tested...
New RITMS Publication
Please read Dr. Yang's article in Nature Immunology titled, "Mucosal associated invariant T cells restrict reactive oxidative damage and preserve meningeal barrier integrity and cognitive function". Increasing evidence indicates close interaction between immune cells...
Many New Jersey Merchants Will Sell Tobacco Products to Underage Buyers
Although New Jersey and federal law both prohibit merchants from selling tobacco to customers under the age of 21, a Rutgers study finds high rates of non-compliance. Underage buyers aged 18 to 20 visited tobacco retailers in New Jersey and successfully purchased...