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...
Nanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death, study finds.
People with microplastics or nanoplastics in their carotid artery tissues were twice as likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die from any cause over the next three years than people who had none, a new study found. Carotid arteries, which lie on each side of the...
Launch of the Rutgers Health Service Corps.
Second-year medical student Kritika Sharma spent the past semester volunteering at University Hospital in Newark to help women screen for breast cancer. She was part of a team of students at New Jersey Medical School at Rutgers Health providing cancer screening...
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),...
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...
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...
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...