by William Jester | Mar 22, 2025 | Community, News
Five days of indulging in chocolate bars, crisps and other junk foods can lead to lingering changes in brain activity, a study shows1. The resulting brain patterns are similar to those seen in people who have obesity. A junk-food splurge shifted brain patterns in...
by William Jester | Mar 21, 2025 | Community, News
Human health is influenced by an extraordinarily complicated range of factors, from genetics and socioeconomics to air quality and lifestyle factors like exercise. Princeton Precision Health(Link is external) (PPH) is taking aim at this whole complex picture, bringing...
by William Jester | Mar 19, 2025 | Community, News
The Trump administration’s cuts to health research will shorten life expectancy and threaten the lives of all Americans, according to university union leaders and scientists. Lab leaders and researchers said they’re already seeing PhD students not getting...
by William Jester | Mar 18, 2025 | Community, News
A Rutgers Health expert discusses the myths and realities of the measles outbreak and the vaccine gap that is putting Americans at risk. The rate of measles outbreaks in the United States is rising: Last year, there were 16 outbreaks, up from four in 2023. So far in...
by William Jester | Mar 18, 2025 | Community, News
Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to new federal data published early Thursday. The rate of overdose deaths fell from 32.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022 to 31.3 per 100,000...
