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Predicting Loneliness Through Online Digital Footprints.
User data from Google, YouTube and other online platforms can be used to predict, prevent and even mitigate loneliness, potentially lowering the risk of suicide for at-risk individuals, according to a Rutgers study. “Anxiety and loneliness are typically diagnosed at a...
Partnership with Rutgers University Behavioral Research and Training Program Will Aid in Fight Against Opioid Abuse.
A partnership worth $150,000 between Hudson County and the Rutgers University Behavioral Research and Training program will help provide support and services, including ongoing and advanced data collection regarding the Overdose Fatality Review Team and community...
$265K Awarded to NJIT Researchers Via New Jersey Health Foundation Grants.
Six NJIT researchers have secured grants in the latest round of funding provided by the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF), which has increased its funding in both its Community Health, Social Services and Education Program, as well as its traditional research...
For New Moms Who Rent, Housing Hardship and Mental Health Are Linked.
Becoming a parent comes with lots of bills. For new mothers, being able to afford the rent may help stave off postpartum depression. “Housing unaffordability has serious implications for mental health,” said Katherine Marcal, an assistant professor at the Rutgers...
Rutgers Health at 10: Addressing Health Inequities Today – and Tomorrow.
When the Rutgers Global Health Institute was created in 2017, its leaders had a question for colleagues on campus: How many were engaged in global health? To find out, the institute did what any group of scientists seeking answers might do: It conducted a survey. Even...
Depression During Pregnancy is Tied to Increased Emergency Department Visits for Infants After Birth.
Mild and moderate to severe perinatal depressive symptoms among new mothers are associated with the increased use of emergency rooms to treat their infants, according to Rutgers Health research. The study, published in the April issue of Health Affairs, examines the...
Nanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death, study finds.
People with microplastics or nanoplastics in their carotid artery tissues were twice as likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die from any cause over the next three years than people who had none, a new study found. Carotid arteries, which lie on each side of the...
Launch of the Rutgers Health Service Corps.
Second-year medical student Kritika Sharma spent the past semester volunteering at University Hospital in Newark to help women screen for breast cancer. She was part of a team of students at New Jersey Medical School at Rutgers Health providing cancer screening...