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Abdominal Fat Can Impact Brain Health and Cognition in High Alzheimer’s Risk Individuals.
The impact of abdominal fat on brain health and cognition is generally more pronounced in middle-aged men at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease as opposed to women, according to researchers at Rutgers Health. In middle-aged individuals with a family history of...
Peptides for Weight Loss: What to Know, According to Experts.
Medications like Wegovy and Zepbound receive plenty of buzz for their ability to help people lose weight. The two have a few things in common, mainly, peptides for weight loss. Wegovy (semaglutide) belongs to a class of medications known as glucagon-like...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Vivek Kumar's article in Nature Communications titled "Antiviral fibrils of self-assembled peptides with tunable compositions". The lasting threat of viral pandemics necessitates the development of tailorable first-response antivirals with specific but...
Nine Dimensions of Authentic Community Engagement
Community engagement is a powerful tool for organizations that want to create lasting and positive change. When done well, community engagement builds trust, advances health equity, creates cost-savings and efficiencies for healthcare organizations, and leads to...
Rutgers study finds patients with schizophrenia are less likely to be rehospitalized when given antipsychotic injections.
Long-acting injectable medications for schizophrenia can decrease the likelihood of patient rehospitalizations, according to a new Rutgers University Health study. In their findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, researchers concluded that...
Taking Proactive Steps, Rutgers Provides Free Narcan to the Community.
Rutgers University is providing free Narcan kits supplied by the New Jersey Department of Human Services on its New Brunswick, Camden and Newark campuses as a preventive measure to enhance the safety and well-being of community members. Rutgers officials said the...
Drug Repairs Systems That Drain Alzheimer’s-Causing Waste From Brain, Study Shows.
A team of Rutgers undergraduates has shown that an experimental drug known as Yoda1 may help drain cranial waste plus neurotoxins that cause Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. “The brain’s lymphatic system is one of the hottest research areas in all of...
Low Pay Is Driving Primary-Care Doctors From New Jersey, Endangering State Residents.
A shortage of primary-care doctors endangers United States residents in general and New Jerseyans in particular, according to a report co-authored by Alfred Tallia, chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical...