TrueVision® 3D High Def System, a teaching tool designed to improve patient safety, is the first of its kind to use both state-of-the-art 3D microscopic and endoscopic systems to treat complex neurosurgical diseases.
JerseyVoice.net is a new peer-to-peer website that seeks to promote suicide prevention and encourage youth and young adults to communicate creatively about the difficult times they are experiencing.
It can fly through the air or hitch a ride on a handshake, hug or kiss. "It" is seasonal flu. There are many reasons to get an annual flu vaccine, but a UMDNJ physician offers a tongue-in-cheek "Top 10 Reasons Not to get a Flu Shot."
How sick is too sick for school? What should parents do when face-to-face with a child who wakes up with a cold, fever or upset stomach? A pediatrician from UMDNJ-SOM tells what to look for, what to do and when to call the doctor.
New Jersey Medical School researchers develop DNA sequencing tests for hereditary diseases. Reduces costs, improves effectiveness and turn-around time for diagnosis.
Applications are now being accepted for NJ Jobs4Vets, a training program directed by UMDNJ-School of Public Health that prepares veterans and members of the National Guard and Reserve for employment in environmental remediation and restoration, disaster preparedness, and construction.
Researchers dispute widely held belief that pharma companies face a "patent cliff" and argue that a "hidden business model" provides a solid cushion of steady profits from patent-protected minor variations to existing drugs.
A protein extracted from the seeds of a legume tree that is native to parts of Asia has been found to inhibit cancer cell growth and also to discourage the spread of melanoma to other parts of the body in animal models. This tree has been used for centuries in traditional medicines.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Dental School (NJDS) is helping to address what is perhaps dental education’s greatest challenge yet: a critical nationwide shortage of faculty.
Short-term infection with intestinal worms may provide long-term protection against type I diabetes (TID), suggests a study conducted by William Gause, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School.
The incidence of TID is relatively low in developing countries. One explanation for this phenomenon is the prevalence of chronic intestinal worm infections, which dampen the self-aggressive T cells that cause diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.
Researchers have provided direct experimental evidence linking diabetes to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The study also identified an experimental model that could become an important new tool for AD research.
For the first time, researchers have established the ability of retinoblastoma (Rb) and E2F proteins to interact with each other without binding -- and found that an interaction between Rb and E2F8 promotes the formation of red blood cells.
Peter N. Wenger, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, highlights immunizations that college-age children should consider before heading back to school.
Rare cells can be identified within mixed cell populations with near perfect accuracy using a detection technique devised by research teams led by Robert Wieder, MD, PhD, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School and Rajan Kumar, MD, PhD, at Genome Data Systems in Hamilton, N.J. This technique may facilitate cancer diagnosis, which often relies on the detection of rare cancerous cells in tiny amounts of biopsy tissue or fluid.
Bullying doesn't stop at the schoolyard gate. It happens wherever kids gather, including summer camp or online. Citing new CDC statistics, Dr. Jennifer Caudle of UMDNJ-SOM advises parents on helping kids cope with bullying.
With backyard, beach and BBQ season beginning, a family physician from UMDNJ is advising that SLoW (Sunscreen and Lots of Water) is the way to go for a healthy summer season.
Research demonstrates how dying or damaged brain cells give rise to autoantibodies in blood that can be reliable biomarkers for early AD diagnosis. Key mechanism mirrors process common to autoimmune disorders.
Sibling growth factors cooperate to maintain a pool of neuron-generating stem cells in the brain, according to a study published in the journal Stem Cells by researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) .
UMDNJ researchers have determined a possible link between exposure to a component of urban air pollution and a change in the function of immune cells that protect against the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.
New statistics issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders found among 8-year-old children in a sample area of New Jersey is significantly higher than in most other states surveyed. However, Walter Zahorodny, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, who led the New Jersey component of the research, says he believes the numbers in New Jersey are higher than elsewhere because schools and health providers in the state are better equipped to detect cases of autism than elsewhere in the country – and that the numbers show no evidence that New Jersey children are at higher risk for autism.
Protein precursors destined for the spiny extensions of neurons travel single file, according to a study by Sanjay Tyagi, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The study recently was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) announced today that Dr. David Alland, professor of medicine, chief of infectious diseases, and director of the Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, will receive a tuberculosis (TB) biomarkers grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative which seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) announced today that Dr. David Alland, professor of medicine, chief of infectious diseases, and director of the Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, will receive a tuberculosis (TB) biomarkers grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative which seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.
Newark is one of six locations in the United States that are the focus of a new study whose findings indicate that the HIV incidence rate for US women living in areas hardest hit by the epidemic is much higher than the overall estimated incidence rate in the US for black women. The study was designed, and the national research team chaired, by Sally Hodder, MD, professor and vice chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. The study was presented at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle.
Researchers have discovered that the most common receptor for the major neurotransmitter in the brain is also present in the eye, which may explain links between cataracts, epilepsy and use of a number of antiepileptic and antidepressant drugs.
Intestinal worm infections may not be all bad, according to a new study by William Gause and colleagues at UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School. In research on mice, published in Nature Medicine, immune reaction to the presence of intestinal worms was found to promote wound healing in the lungs.
A geriatrician from the NJ Institute for Successful Aging offers 10 resolutions for the New Year to help adults of all ages maintain a vibrant, independent life in 2012 and beyond.
Stress, anxiety and burnout are never far from the doorstep of family caregivers and the holiday season can intensify their burdens. An expert from UMDNJ offers tips on how to help caregivers - and how caregivers can ask for help - during the holidays.
Cells often multi-task when synthesizing and splicing RNA. But when unconventional splicing is required, they synthesize first and splice later, according to a study led by researchers at the Public Health Research Institute at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School and published in Cell .
Some recipients of artificial hips and knees develop painful inflammation that can lead to bone destruction and loosening of the new joint. A new study led by researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and published by the Journal of Immunology suggests that tiny titanium particles that flake away from the artificial joints through normal wear and tear may play a direct role in that inflammation.
Drs. Martin Finkel and Esther Deblinger, co-founders of the CARES Institute at UMDNJ, are available to discuss child sexual abuse, the "stranger danger" myth and how parents can protect their children from becoming victims.
More than 100,000 mental health professionals are receiving free online training from UMDNJ that teaches an innovative therapy to help children overcome post-traumatic stress caused by abuse, violence or natural disaster.
A protective response to starvation may promote heart failure, according to a study just published in Cell Metabolism. Two proteins that team up to conserve energy when food is scarce also limit energy production in the heart—a situation that can prove fatal when the heart is stressed and in need of an energy boost.
Check into a hospital and you run the risk of infection with a methicillin-resistant strain of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. But present day MRSA might have been worse if it had descended directly from a 1950s version of the bug, according to a study co-authored by Barry N. Kreiswirth, PhD, a professor at the Public Health Research Institute of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Genetic information transferred within cells plays an essential role both in the healthy function of the human body and in changes within cells that can trigger serious disease. New research led by Dmitry Temiakov, Ph.D., of UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine, has identified important mechanisms of this genetic transfer process for the first time. These new findings, published in the journal Nature, open the door to developing potential therapies for several serious diseases including cancers. They also add to basic knowledge of the functioning of the healthy human body.
In light of disturbing new data about the prevalence of children being poisoned by medications they find in their homes, the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, based at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, offers important safety tips.
In Contagion, scientists scramble to diagnose and stop a new strain of flu virus that achieves pandemic status. It's a scary scenario, but one that should help convince people to "roll up their sleeves" and get a seasonal flu vaccine.
A pain specialist offers tips for making sure school backpacks won't cause neck or back pain or contribute to deformity of the spine. Tips for adults, too, who risk chronic back pain from bags that are too heavy or carried improperly.
A new report suggests that increasing cigarette prices combined with social and economic factors to cause the steep decline in smoking rates among African American youth that occurred between 1970s and the mid-1990s.
New research led by Padmini Salgame, Ph.D., professor and director of the Graduate Medical Research Program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, has established a connection between infection by parasitic worms, a frequent occurrence in much of the world, and the progression of tuberculosis. The research also indicates why prior parasitic worm infection can thwart tuberculosis treatment.
While for years scientists have noted an association between levels of vitamin D in a person’s body and the person’s ability to resist or minimize the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS), the mechanism involved has not been established. However new research by Sylvia Christakos, Ph.D., of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School (principal investigator) Sneha Joshi (first author, a UMDNJ Ph.D. student), and colleagues (including co-investigator Lawrence Steinman, MD, of Stanford University) appears to have uncovered that process.
Scientists from Durin Technologies and the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine have developed a blood test that detects specific antibodies in the blood that can be used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease with unprecedented accuracy. The test has a sensitivity of 96 percent and a specificity of 92.5 percent.
Is it possible for some people to be overweight – or even obese – and still be healthy? Researchers from the Weight Management Services Program at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine think so, and they have some surprising statistics to back that opinion up.
Researcher from UMDNJ-NJMS and the University of Manchester have used a new test that employs molecular beacon technology to better diagnose Aspergillus infections and resistance to drugs used to treat patients with aspergillosis.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, announced today that they are negotiating a partnership agreement under which UMDNJ would actively collaborate in the education and training of third- and fourth-year St. George’s medical students in rotations at New Jersey hospitals. UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School will assume the lead role for the University in developing and executing this agreement.