Rutgers Health Researchers Link Tooth Loss to Increased Obesity Risk.
An analysis of medical records from 1,765 older adults shows that patients with at least 21 teeth were more likely to maintain a healthy body weight than patients with fewer teeth, according to a Rutgers Health study. Each additional missing tooth correlated with a 2...
Join RITMS and NJACTS for a Post Doctoral Candidate Seminar on 8/7 at 1:30 pm
Post-Doctoral Candidate Seminar with Dr. Miloni Dalal "Deletion of Myeloid Pannexin-1 channels decrease chemokine's expression and improve cognitive function after brain trauma" Wednesday August 7th 1:30 – 2:30 pm On Zoom...
Antiseizure Medications Can Produce Life-Threatening Reactions.
Targeted blood tests, asking patients about risk factors, and dose modifications can lessen the risk of potentially fatal reactions to antiseizure medications that millions of Americans take for epilepsy and other conditions. However, skin reactions in newly medicated...
Join RITMS and NJACTS for a Post Doctoral Candidate Seminar on 8/7 at 12pm
Post-Doctoral Candidate Seminar with Dr. Francesca Paola Luongo “From Cells to Models: Enhancing 3D In Vitro Studies and Biological Research" Wednesday August 7th 12pm - 1 pm On Zoom...
Rutgers Health Researchers Find Disparities in Outcomes of Hospice Discharges.
Black patients who leave hospice care and patients with short stays in hospice care are at increased risks for being admitted to a hospital after being discharged from hospice, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their study, published in JAMA Network Open,...
Gun Violence Touches Nearly 60 Percent of Black Americans – and Predicts Disability.
Roughly 60 percent of all Black Americans are exposed to some form of gun violence, and such exposures predict elevated rates of disability, according to Rutgers Health research. Survey data from 3,015 Black Americans linked specific disabilities ranging from trouble...
Rutgers Health Researchers Profile Clinical, Gene and Protein Changes in ‘Brain Fog’ From Long COVID.
Long COVID is associated with active inflammatory changes in the nervous system, but the condition is distinct from Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, according to a Rutgers Health study. The study, published in Cell Reports Medicine, was one...
Blood Pressure Drugs More Than Double Bone-Fracture Risk in Nursing Home Patients.
Records from nearly 30,000 nursing home residents indicate that blood pressure medications more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures, according to Rutgers Health research. The authors of the study, which appears in JAMA Internal Medicine, said the...
Infertility Treatment Doubles the Risk of Postpartum Heart Disease.
A study by Rutgers Health experts of more than 31 million hospital records shows that infertility treatment patients were twice as likely as those who conceived naturally to be hospitalized with heart disease in the year after delivery. Patients who underwent...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...