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Black Adults Raised in the South Have Greater Risk of Lower Cognitive Performance in Later Life.
Black adults who grew up poor and socially disadvantaged in the American South are more likely than White adults with a similar background to suffer cognition problems later in life, according to a Rutgers study. Published in the journal Innovation in Aging, the study...
‘This is a pox virus we know a lot about.’ Infectious disease experts in the region say monkeypox is familiar, preventable.
We’ve been living with COVID-19 for more than two years. And now, another concerning virus has reached the U.S. — 15 cases of monkeypox have been reported, with 250 confirmed cases worldwide. On Monday, the World Health Organization’s Dr. Rosamund Lewis said health...
Drug Combination Reduces the Risk of Asthma Attacks.
A global study of asthma patients by Rutgers and an international team of researchers found a combination of two drugs dramatically reduces the chances of suffering an asthma attack. Results from the clinical trial called MANDALA, published in The New England Journal...
MACHINE LEARNING WITH PYTHON with Dantong Yu, PhD of NJIT
The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical & Translational Sciences Workforce Development Core at Rutgers University is offering a workshop opportunity for all interested to gain hands-on experience while practicing with real-life Machine Learning examples, all to see...
Expanding Opioid Treatment Programs in Prisons Could Lower Overdose Risk After Release.
The expansion of opioid treatment programs in prisons could reduce the risk of overdose and death among ex-inmates, according to a Rutgers study. In a study of 53 individuals released from New Jersey state prisons who self-reported opioid use disorder, researchers...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Drs. Jude. Xu, and Panettieri's article in Molecular Aspects of Medicine titled, "Metabolomics in asthma: A platform for discovery." Metabolome identifies the global collection of small molecules generated from cellular metabolic processes....
Some Shunts Used After Epilepsy Surgery May Risk Chronic Headaches.
Surgeons who observe persistent fluid buildup after disconnecting epileptic and healthy brain areas should think twice before installing low-pressure nonprogrammable drainage shunts, according to a study co-authored by Rutgers pediatric and epilepsy...
Rutgers Study Identifies Potential Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have identified immune cells in the intestine that are needed to prevent Inflammatory Bowell Disease (IBD), Colitis and Chron’s disease, which affects three million people in the United States. The Rutgers...