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Ethics Not Only Allow but Demand Placebo in Some HIV Cure Trials.
Is it ethical to test possible HIV cures by having subjects stop taking antiretroviral therapy and then giving them placebos rather than the experimental treatment? The answer is often yes, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Virus Eradication by...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Olfson's article in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment titled, "Psychosocial and behavioral therapy in conjunction with medication for opioid use disorder: Patterns, predictors, and association with buprenorphine treatment outcomes." Current...
Race and Ethnicity Influence End-of-Life Care for Medicare Patients With Dementia.
More than half of Medicare beneficiaries are diagnosed with dementia during their lifetime, and of those diagnosed who receive intensive end-of-life care – such as mechanical ventilation, intubation, feeding tube initiation and new dialysis – most are from racial and...
New Jerseyans Favor Sex Education in Middle and High School, But Split on Elementary School.
As New Jersey’s new health and sexual education standards take effect, a large majority of Garden State residents are in favor of such content being taught in middle (71 percent) and high school (88 percent) but are pretty evenly divided when it comes to elementary...
Study Backs Four-Step Plan for Detecting More Sexually Transmitted Infections.
A Rutgers-led study of nearly 1,350 patients receiving care for HIV at nine different US clinics has identified steps healthcare teams can take to identify and treat more sexually transmitted infections (STIs): Audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) sexual...
On the Front Lines of Suicide Prevention Stand Family and Friends.
In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that suicide was the 12th leading cause of death overall in the United States, with more than 45,900 lives lost. While national rates declined in 2019 and 2020 from a previous 20-year high of 14.2 deaths...
Lower-Income Patients with Heart Pumps More Likely Hospitalized with Major Bleeding, Infection or Heart Failure.
The complications experienced by heart failure patients implanted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) vary depending on socioeconomic factors, according to a Rutgers-led study. In a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, researchers found that...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Simmel's article in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research titled, "The Complexity of Psychotropic Medication Prescription and Treating Trauma Among Youth in Foster Care: Perspectives from the Lived Experience."...