Community-Based Programs in Senior Centers May Lower Health Care Use and Costs for People with Dementia.
Living with dementia in communities with senior centers providing access to adult day health and social services was associated with fewer hospitalizations and lower health care use and Medicare costs, according to researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and...
Coming to Rutgers–New Brunswick: Greatly Expanded Research Opportunities for Students.
Rutgers University–New Brunswick students will have even more opportunities to participate in trailblazing research, thanks to a program being developed by the Office of the Chancellor. Known as the Platforms for Education and Research Cores (PERC) initiative, the...
How Beetle Juice Led to the Discovery of a Virus and Solved the Mystery of a Superworm Die-Off.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds, reptiles, other pets and, more and more so, even for humans as an alternative protein source. In doing so, they pioneered a...
Researchers Examine the Persistence of Invisible Plastic Pollution.
Plastic pollution – tiny bits of plastic, smaller than a grain of sand – is everywhere, a fact of life that applies even to newborn rodents, according to a Rutgers Health study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. Researchers have long understood...
Rutgers Health Officials Celebrate $47.5 Million Grant to Improve Health Care in New Jersey.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined Rutgers and community leaders on Oct. 30 at the Child Health Institute in New Brunswick to celebrate a $47.5 million and growing federal grant for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science that will improve health...
New Model Identifies Best Candidates for Epilepsy Surgery.
A simple scoring system from researchers at Rutgers Health and other institutions may help doctors predict which patients will likely become seizure-free after minimally invasive epilepsy surgery. A study in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology...
Study Finds Telehealth Effective for HIV Patients.
A Rutgers Health study suggests telehealth could be a viable long-term option for people living with HIV, potentially saving them time, effort and expense related to in-person medical visits. The study found patients receiving in-person care before the COVID-19...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Lum's article in the Journal of Proteome Research titled, "Differential Contributions of Interferon Classes to Host Inflammatory Responses and Restricting Virus Progeny Production." The cornerstone of mammalian intrinsic and innate immune defense...
Chronic Pain Patients Are More Supportive of Cannabis Access Than Doctors.
Adults with chronic pain are significantly more supportive of policies expanding cannabis access than the physicians who treat them, according to a study from Rutgers Health and other institutions. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, surveyed more than 1,600...
The Fight Against Lead: Progress Made, but Dangers Remain.
A review by a Rutgers Health expert shows that, despite decades of successful efforts to reduce lead exposure, the toxic metal still poses dangers in consumer products that warrant additional attention. "Consumer products were consistently identified as one of the...