About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating disease in rice first became harmful to the food that nourishes roughly half the world’s population, according to an international study led by Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists.The findings may help lead to different ways to fight or prevent crop and plant diseases, such as new fungicides and more effective quarantines.
Scientists from Rutgers, Harvard and Yale universities say new diagnostic methods offer a better chance for more accurate detection of the infection from the Lyme bacteria.Improved tests will allow for earlier diagnosis, which should improve patient outcomes.
Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center is pleased to announce that Abdulla Al-Khan, M.D., FACS, FACOG, director of the Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine and the Center of Abnormal Placentation at Hackensack University Medical Center, shared wisdom and best practices, internationally, by presenting recently at a Women’s Health Initiatives symposium in Cairo, Egypt.
Hackensack Meridian Health is pleased to announce that it has been honored as a Champion of Good Works by The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) for its work to support and advance environmental conservation.
The innovative program focuses on enhancing communication between patients and providers to improve health outcomes
Woman’s Fertility Preserved with Minimally Invasive Cervical Fibroid Embolization Procedure
Hackensack Meridian Health is pleased to announce that Richard W. Henning, co-chair of the Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation Board of Trustees, has been honored with a United Hospital Fund 2018 Distinguished Trustee Award.
In recognition for groundbreaking achievement and innovation in health care sustainability, Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest most comprehensive and integrated health network, received 15 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards, including the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award given to its flagship hospital Hackensack University Medical Center. Practice Greenhealth is the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care.
Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center is pleased to announce that it has received a two-year National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) accreditation at Level 4, the top level of accreditation presented by the NAEC.
Former Planned Parenthood vice president of education and Mailman School of Public Health faculty member advocates for underserved, marginalized populations
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and collaborators from Shanghai University in China examined more than 6,000 compounds and identified a drug that relaxes the muscles and opens the airways, allowing those with asthma to breathe. Find out why this new therapy might give people a better option and new hope.
Investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute have discovered that some mutations detected in comprehensive, clinical genome sequencing of patients with solid tumors do not originate from cancer cells, but arise from mutated hematopoietic cells that infiltrate the tumor microenvironment. The findings, they say, have direct implications for cancer patients, specifically in accurately interpreting their molecular testing results and ensuring that treatment is focused on somatic tumor-specific mutations.
ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), announced a new conference, ISPOR Dubai 2018 scheduled for 19-20 September 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Article describes effect of ion and electron heating on multiscale turbulence in fusion plasmas.
Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, NJ, is proud to name Frank Citara, MBA, as chief operating officer. In his new role, Citara will be responsible for overseeing all campus operations, as well as programming, community relations and the medical center’s finances. Citara joined Bayshore Medical Center in 2015 as senior manager of operations, where he directed 16 operations departments and outpatient service areas to ensure patient, physician and team member satisfaction while driving the medical center’s financial performance and operational efficiencies.
Helen M. Berman, Board of Governors distinguished professor emerita of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berman is among 213 people elected to the academy this year, including author Ta-Nehisi Coates, actor Tom Hanks, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, gene editing developer Feng Zhang and pediatric neurologist Huda Zoghbi.
The SIDS Info app developed by Rutgers medical experts puts safe sleep recommendations in the hands of health care providers and new parents
Are indoor tanners taking measures to prevent skin cancer? A researcher from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and colleagues at Fox Chase Cancer Center found a majority of the indoor tanners analyzed in this study are not taking part in skin cancer screening.
When you look down at your plate at meal times do you see a variety of colors? If the answer is yes, then you are probably eating very nutritious food. If not, then you may be missing important nutrients during your day. More color usually indicates more nutrition.
Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in men ages 15 to 35. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that there will be approximately 9,310 new cases of testicular cancer diagnosed in the United States in 2018.Testicular cancer grows in the tissues of one or both testes—glands that are located in the scrotum. Most cases of testicular cancer start out in the sperm-making cells known as germ cells. Testicular cancer can be classified into seminoma and nonseminoma. Although aggressive, both cancer types are curable even when metastatic.
Autism spectrum disorders are being diagnosed in ever increasing numbers. Nationally, there are about 1 in 68 children identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. However, the ADDM estimates that the number is even higher in New Jersey, with 1 in 45 children being diagnosed with an ASD.
Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center is pleased to introduce DaTscan™, a tool to help physicians diagnose patients exhibiting the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and other Parksinsonian syndromes, particularly those that cause tremors. The test is another approach for physicians to accurately identify a disease that can be challenging to diagnose, particularly in its early stages.
The Center for Sleep Medicine at Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center has received accreditation for the second time from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), whose mission is to improve sleep health and promote high-quality, patient-centered care through advocacy, education, strategic research, and practice standards.
Sky Blue FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) officially announced that Hackensack Meridian Health will return in 2018 as the title sponsor of the club.
Rowan faculty and students from the College of Communication & Creative Arts will be honored this week with five awards
Money Magazine this week included Rowan University among a group of the most valuable schools in America, colleges and universities where the cost of attending is well offset by earning potential for their graduates.
Atlantic Health System’s new Atlantic HPV Center is one of a small number of research centers in the nation to begin a study to determine whether an innovative combination of immuno-oncology treatments is safe, shows preliminary efficacy and provokes an anticancer immune system response in patients with recurrent or metastatic human papilloma virus (HPV) associated head and neck squamous cancer.
With an aim to propel precision medicine and other cutting-edge research to better inform treatment decisions for the youngest of patients, nationally distinguished pediatric hematology/oncology leader Peter D. Cole, MD, has been proposed as the Embrace Kids Foundation Chair in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
A Poison Control Center expert at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School discusses the health implications of legalized recreational marijuana
Research by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey investigators has identified novel functions of the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) enzyme providing support that it could serve as a therapeutic target in the most common type of lung cancer.
The wireless standard known as 4G turned mobile phones into movie-streaming platforms, but the next wireless revolution promises more than speedy downloads. It could pave the way for surgeons operating remotely on patients, cars that rarely crash and events that can be virtually experienced from thousands of miles away.
ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the honorees for its 2018 Scientific and Leadership Awards.
Experts from New Jersey Medical School discuss who should carry naloxone, how it is used and what this advisory means for public health
Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation is pleased to invite the community to attend the Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation Reception on Friday, May 11, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Grand Marquis in Old Bridge. Formerly known as the Harbor Lights Ball, the new format features cocktail-style flow, no formal table assignments, a delicious menu with an array of hors d’oeuvres and stations, music and dancing, 50/50 raffle and black tie optional attire. This premier fundraising event will benefit enhanced emergency services at Raritan Bay Medical Center – Old Bridge.
Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center is proud to announce that it has expanded services to offer transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, also known as transarterial chemoembolization, or TACE. TACE is an image-guided, non-surgical procedure used to treat malignant lesions in the liver. Performed in the Interventional Radiology department, an X-ray guided catheter delivers chemotherapy medication and embolization materials into the blood vessels in the liver that lead to the tumor.
Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR (the professional society for health economics and outcomes research), announced today the publication of new research suggesting that while payers recognize the value of real-world evidence, the use of such studies to inform pharmacy and therapeutic (P&T) committee decisions is limited.
Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center located in Red Bank, today announced the re-launch of its eye care services in the Matthews Vision Treatment Center, located in the Ambulatory Care Center. The ophthalmic program offers the most up-to-date and advanced options available for vision correction.
Article announces William Tang's NVIDIA award.
Feature describes use of PPPL-provided trim coils to correct W7-X error fields during fusion experiments.
Victoriya Staab, M.D., a pediatric surgeon at Hackensack Meridian Health K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, has performed the hospital’s first newborn minimally invasive lung resection. Dr. Staab utilized state-of-the-art highly specialized tiny pediatric surgical instruments to perform an operation to remove a lobe of a newborn’s lung. This cutting-edge minimally invasive technology for surgery on newborns is only performed in the top children’s hospitals in the country.
Updated statistics from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration out this month show that over the previous year, there has been an increase in cases of an uncommon form of cancer associated with breast implants. Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey’s Andrew Evens, DO, MSc, FACP, shares some insight.
Imagine a small paper device that can rapidly reveal from a drop of blood whether an infection is bacterial or viral. The device could help reduce the overuse of antibiotics – which kill bacteria, not viruses. Misuse of antibiotics has led to antimicrobial resistance, a growing global public health issue.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Director Steven K. Libutti, MD, FACS, who is also senior vice president of oncology services at RWJBarnabas Health and vice chancellor for cancer programs for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, has been named by the business journal NJBIZ to its Power 100 list.
Using his own version of Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility, Rutgers professor Andrew Norris can help make underwater objects appear invisible. Norris, a distinguished professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is developing honeycomb-like metallic structures that reroute sound waves to create the impression that both the cloak and anything beneath it are not there. Rutgers Today asked Norris to discuss his pioneering research, which could lead to improved acoustic technology, including better imaging under water, and biomedical applications, such as better imaging of tissue.
Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR (the professional society for health economics and outcomes research), announced today the publication of a series of articles centered on affordability in healthcare. The special themed section appears in the March 2018 issue of Value in Health.
March marks the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ annual National Nutrition Month®, a nutrition education and information campaign focused on the importance of making informed food choices and promoting healthy eating and physical activity habits.
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