New Method Makes Brain Imaging Research More Accessible for Psychiatric Studies.
A new approach to analyzing brain scans could help researchers better understand psychiatric illness using much smaller groups of patients than previously thought necessary, potentially accelerating the development of more precise mental health treatments. Until...
Tobacco-Related Health Inequities are a Social Justice Issue.
The 2024 Surgeon General’s Report estimates that each year, more than 490,000 deaths are attributable to cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in the United States. “With one in five U.S. deaths attributable to tobacco and persistent disparities...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in Women's Health Issues titled, "Early Childcare Precarity and Subsequent Maternal Health." Childcare precarity is a state of insecure and unreliable childcare arrangements while parents are working or in school. Among other...
Lead Screening in Pregnancy Can Protect Maternal and Newborn Health. Why Is It Not Universal?
Doctors have long known that lead exposure during pregnancy poses significant health risks for both mothers and newborns, but universal screening is not mandated in New Jersey or nationwide. In 2019, a pioneering program launched by Rutgers Health with support by the...
Patients are stockpiling birth control over fears Trump could limit access to contraception.
Women are stocking up on birth control and asking for long-term contraception methods following President Donald Trump being elected to a second term last week, doctors say. Searches for "birth control" and "Plan B" doubled between Nov. 2 and the two days after the...
Rutgers Health Partners with Law Enforcement to Expand Mental Health Crisis Response.
ARRIVE Together of Middlesex County, run by University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) at Rutgers Health, has expanded its partnerships to include the East Brunswick, South River and Cranbury Police Departments, making New Jersey the first state in the nation to have...
Researchers Reveal Why a Key Tuberculosis Drug Works Against Resistant Strains.
Rutgers Health research has uncovered why a relatively new antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) works against multidrug-resistant strains, potentially inspiring improved treatments and drug development strategies. The study from scientists at Rutgers New Jersey Medical...
Wildfire smoke, poor air quality can have an impact on health — even for people who live far away.
Firefighters have been battling a wildfire on the New York-New Jersey border that resulted in the voluntary evacuation of more than 160 homes over the weekend. The fire — which began on Nov. 8 and has burned about 5,000 acres across both states — was about 90%...
Join NJ ACTS for a Special Lecture on 12/19, 12-1:30
Resources for Researchers through the CTSA Trial Innovation Network Daniel Ford, MD, MPH Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and Dixie Thompson, BSN, RN Director of Research & Science Utah Clinical & Translational Science...
NJIT Researcher Uses Nanoparticles to Develop Cancer Therapies.
NJIT’s Kathleen McEnnis, assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering, is pioneering a new approach in cancer treatment through innovative drug-delivery nanoparticles. Her research focuses on treating aggressive types of breast cancer, using...