by William Jester | Apr 8, 2024 | Community, News
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...
by William Jester | Apr 6, 2024 | Community, News
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...
by William Jester | Apr 5, 2024 | Community, News
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...
by William Jester | Apr 5, 2024 | Community, News
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...
by William Jester | Apr 4, 2024 | Community, News
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...
