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Rutgers Health and NJ Department of Labor Launch Partnership to Empower Workers in Recovery.
Rutgers Health, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL), has launched the Pathways to Recovery website to help New Jersey residents impacted by the opioid crisis find employment opportunities in supportive workplaces,...
Common Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder Shows Mixed Results.
Patients taking a commonly used stimulant for the treatment of binge eating disorder experienced mixed results, according to Rutgers Health researchers. “Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the United States, yet there is no drug specifically...
In New Jersey, Tobacco Sales to Underage Buyers Continue Despite Federal Legislation.
Tobacco sales to underage consumers remains high despite federal legislation prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21, according to researchers at Rutgers Health and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The study, published in JAMA Network...
NJIT Launches AI Microcredential to Drive AI Literacy, Ethical Practices.
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will now offer an AI Literacy Microcredential that provides foundational knowledge and skills to thrive in an era shaped by artificial intelligence. The microcredential is designed to ensure that graduates are AI-literate,...
Mental Health Care Clinicians Typically Ask Certain Patients About Firearm Access.
Many mental health care clinicians don’t ask all of their patients whether they have access to firearms, an important step in firearm injury prevention, according to Rutgers Health researchers. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, examined a report by mental...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Qin's article in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: CardioOncology titled, "Neighborhood Archetypes and Cardiovascular Health in Black Breast Cancer Survivors." The increasing number of breast cancer (BC) survivors in the United...
A Weekly Injection Could Replace Painful Daily Treatment for Rare Fat Disorder.
Rutgers Health researchers have found that a weekly injection of diabetes medication could replace painful daily hormone shots for people with a rare genetic form of lipodystrophy that leaves patients with almost zero fat tissue, according to a study in The New...
Scientists Discover How Genetic Risk for Alcoholism Changes Brain Cell Behavior.
Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that brain immune cells from people with a high genetic risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD) behave differently than cells from low-risk people when exposed to alcohol. Their study in Science Advances could help explain why...