Which cancer causes the most NJ deaths — and why are more Black residents dying of it?
Despite strides in survival rates, lung cancer remains the top cause of cancer deaths in New Jersey and was more likely to kill Black residents than other races, said a report released Tuesday. New Jersey ranked ninth among states in the five-year survival rate, which...
Bracing for the Dr. Oz effect on health care.
The health insurance coverage for 3.5 million vulnerable New Jersey residents will be overseen by a cardiologist and former television personality known for promoting highly questionable cures, if President-elect Donald Trump gets his way. The incoming Republican...
Rutgers Health Earns National Honor for Advancing Inclusive Excellence.
Rutgers Health is the first to receive a bronze biomedicine award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for its efforts and commitments to advance inclusive excellence in biomedicine as part of the group’s STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA)...
Study Reveals How Cell Types Shape Human Brain Networks.
Rutgers researchers at the Brain Health Institute (BHI) and Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) have uncovered how different types of brain cells work together to form large-scale functional networks in the human brain – interconnected systems...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Deo's article in medRxiv titled, "Validation of an ICD-Code-Based Case Definition for Psychotic Illness Across Three Health Systems." Psychotic disorders typically have their onset during late adolescence or early adulthood, and are associated with...
Researchers Zero In On Genetic Variant Tied to Miscarriages.
In what could be a major advance in understanding the genetic causes underlying human infertility, scientists led by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick have identified a gene variant directly tied to early miscarriages in women. The discovery of the...
How Educational Attainment May Impact Memory and Dementia Risk Later in Life.
Historical policies shaping educational attainment have enduring benefits for later life memory and risk of dementia, according to a study led by a Rutgers Health researcher. The study, published in Epidemiology, compared the differences in years of education based on...
2025 Toxicology Risk Assessment Bootcamp, January 13-14
Topics Covered: Risk analysis, systematic review, weight of evidence, hazard identification, susceptible populations, exposure pathways, point-of-departure, reference values, and more. Case studies and hands-on exercises will provide real-world scenarios for applying...
Tricking the Body into Replacing Lost Muscle.
The human body can heal itself, but only up to a point. If an injury removes 20% or more of a muscle — as can happen in car accidents, certain surgeries or explosions in combat zones — natural processes can’t, on their own, replace it. Instead, the wound seals up,...
AI Algorithms Used in Healthcare Can Perpetuate Bias.
The AI algorithms increasingly used to treat and diagnose patients can have biases and blind spots that could impede healthcare for Black and Latinx patients, according to research co-authored by a Rutgers-Newark data scientist. Fay Cobb Payton, a Mathematics and...