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Rutgers Health Researchers Find Disparities in Outcomes of Hospice Discharges

Rutgers Institute for Health researcher finds that Black patients who leave hospice care and patients with short stays in hospice care are at increased risks for being admitted to a hospital after being discharged from hospice.
18-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Rutgers Health Researchers Profile Clinical, Gene and Protein Changes in ‘Brain Fog’ From Long COVID

Rutgers Health researchers found that long COVID is associated with active inflammatory changes in the nervous system, but the condition is distinct from Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
16-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Rutgers Health Researchers Develop Software to Predict Diseases

Rutgers Health researcher develops software that can analyze multigenomic and clinical data to discover biomarkers and predict diseases in individuals.
24-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Adults With Cognitive Disabilities Are More Likely to Have Worse Experiences With Health Care System

Rutgers Institute for Health researcher Elizabeth Stone published new research finding that people with cognitive disabilities are less satisfied with their health care than those in the general population.
13-Dec-2023 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

States With Legalized Medical Marijuana See Decline in Nonmedical Opioid Use

Researchers found that when states implement medical cannabis laws, there is a 0.5 to 1.5 percentage point decrease in regular to frequent (up to or greater than once per week on average) nonmedical prescription opioid use among people who reported...
14-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Adults With ADHD Are at Increased Risk for Developing Dementia

Michal Schnaider Beeri and team analyzed data from 100,000 people to determine if ADHD in adults leads to higher risk of dementia.
16-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Rutgers Receives $4.2 Million to Develop Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans

The Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans will work to advance behavioral, social and economic research related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias especially in older Asian and Pacific...
2-Oct-2023 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Oral Medication Is the Leading Choice for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

Rutgers Institute for Health researchers find the majority of MS patients start treatment with oral medications over platform injectables or infusions.
12-Jul-2023 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Can Cannabis Use Disorder Be Accurately Diagnosed?

Tammy Chung, director of the Center for Population Behavioral Health at Rutgers Institute for Health, explains cannabis use disorder and the challenges of diagnosing the disorder in the context of cannabis used for therapeutic purposes.
28-Mar-2023 8:00 AM EDT

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Rutgers Expert, Author of “Abortion After Roe” Available for Comment on Abortion Decision

5-Jul-2022 8:00 AM EDT

Rutgers expert available for comment on heart health and psychology during American Heart Month

31-Jan-2022 8:00 AM EST

Rutgers expert available for comment on self-harm and suicidal behaviors

14-Oct-2021 8:00 AM EDT

Rutgers expert available: World Alzheimer's Day

21-Sep-2021 9:00 AM EDT

Rutgers expert available to discuss new coronavirus strains

21-Dec-2020 5:05 PM EST

Rutgers health policy expert available to discuss upcoming Supreme Court decision on ACA

5-Nov-2020 11:55 AM EST

The Future of Precision Medicine

Precision medicine is a rapidly growing approach to health care that focuses on finding treatments and interventions that work for people based on their genetic makeup, rather than their symptoms. Zeeshan Ahmed, director of the new Ahmed Lab at...
8-Oct-2020 12:25 PM EDT

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Since its 1985 founding, the Institute has become nationally renowned for interdisciplinary and translational research. The Institute's 57,000 square foot facilities are home to six members elected to the National Academy of Medicine and 150 members representing over 30 schools, institutes, and units with adjunct members from 29 national and international universities

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