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Marijuana Component Offers Opioid Alternative by Effectively Treating Dental Pain.
In a groundbreaking study that could revolutionize dental pain management, Rutgers researchers have found that cannabidiol (CBD) – the non-addictive marijuana derivative – alleviates acute dental pain. This first-of-its-kind result appears in the Journal of Dental...
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NJ ACTS Special Populations Core 2023 Seminar Series Substance Use Disorder Program Availability in Safety-Net and Non–Safety-Net Hospitals in the US with Ji Eun Chang, PhD Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Zoom | 12–1 pm ET View Flyer Hospitals are ideal sites for delivering...
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Neighborhood Stress Can Heighten Levels of Maternal Sex Hormones During Pregnancy.
Pregnant women living in blighted neighborhoods with high levels of known stressors have higher levels of testosterone – the primary sex hormone in males -- which disrupt hormone regulation and may lead to life-threatening complications during and after childbirth,...
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RBHS 10th Anniversary: A Decade of Commitment to Community Health.
Eyes wide, the young uninsured man from Venezuela gazed deeply into Maria Vega-Garces’ ophthalmoscope. The signs of damage from glaucoma – painless to the patient – were obvious to the student: degenerative changes to the optic nerve. “Glaucoma is one of those...
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Exposure to Air Pollution In Utero May Affect Reproductive System Development.
From invisible wafts of diesel exhaust to sun-choking plumes of orange smoke, air pollution is known to damage respiratory well-being. Now, research from Rutgers suggests another reason to hold our breath: Polluted air also may hurt reproductive health. In a study of...
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Transfusing More Blood May Benefit Patients Who Have Had a Heart Attack and Have Anemia.
An international clinical trial led by physician Jeffrey L. Carson, Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, found that a liberal blood transfusion given to patients who have had a heart attack and have anemia may reduce the...
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States With Legalized Medical Marijuana See Decline in Nonmedical Opioid Use.
Medical cannabis legalization is associated with a decrease in the frequency of nonmedical prescription opioid use, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, examined data from a nationally...
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COVID-19 Forced Us to Reimagine Our Goals. Being Flexible Helped.
COVID-19 upended lives worldwide, impacting hopes and dreams as well as disrupting goals. Hayley Svensson, a fourth-year graduate student in the social psychology doctoral program at the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, wanted to examine how the pandemic impacted...