Rutgers Health at 10: Addressing Health Inequities Today – and Tomorrow.
When the Rutgers Global Health Institute was created in 2017, its leaders had a question for colleagues on campus: How many were engaged in global health? To find out, the institute did what any group of scientists seeking answers might do: It conducted a survey. Even...
Depression During Pregnancy is Tied to Increased Emergency Department Visits for Infants After Birth.
Mild and moderate to severe perinatal depressive symptoms among new mothers are associated with the increased use of emergency rooms to treat their infants, according to Rutgers Health research. The study, published in the April issue of Health Affairs, examines the...
Supreme Court Ruling Leads to Access Issues for Reproductive Care.
While the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision in 2022 allowed states to limit or ban abortion access, its effects have included many Americans losing access to non-abortion reproductive services such as in vitro fertilization (IVF),...
AI-Powered Surgical Training Program Provides Real-Time Feedback and Instruction.
Practice makes perfect, and a new system being tested and perfected enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time through a new artificial intelligence program. As medical students conduct surgical exercises, the AI software scans a live...
Bizarre COVID-19 Pandemic Beliefs Linked to Stress, but Purpose, Hope, and Support Could be Antidote, Say Researchers.
As Americans look back on the fourth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from Rutgers University–Newark sheds light on why some people succumb to conspiracy theories and bogus beliefs and others don't. Studies by psychologists Kent Harber and Valeria...
Fat Around Men’s Pancreas Might Raise Odds for Alzheimer’s.
Excess fat around your pancreas could bode ill for the health of your aging brain, new research shows. But maybe only if you're male: The relationship wasn't observed among women, noted the team from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. “In middle-aged males at...
Treating Addiction with Research.
One in five people struggle with substance use disorder at some point in their life. Rutgers Addiction Research Center – the nation's largest comprehensive addiction research center – brings together experts that are reinventing the prevention and treatment of...
In vitro fertilization ruling forces nuance into abortion debate.
On the Capitol plaza in late February, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11th) recounted a conversation she had that day with Katherine Clark, a Massachusetts lawmaker and the highest-ranking woman among House Democrats, about how the pair agonized over what would happen once...
Who Military Service Members See as Credible to Discuss Secure Firearm Storage for Suicide Prevention.
Secure firearm storage—storing a firearm unloaded, locked and separate from ammunition—can help reduce the risk for suicide, but many military service members store their firearms unsecured. In a new Rutgers Health study, researchers asked firearm-owning service...
NJIT Launches Center for Translational Research.
With the recent launch of its Center for Translational Research, NJIT is promising to quicken the pace of converting lab research into beneficial, market-ready products and services. The center will serve as a hub for commercialization training and development on...