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Rutgers Tobacco Surveillance Center Will Provide FDA With Unprecedented Data.
A Rutgers-led consortium has been awarded $18 million to help tobacco regulators by providing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with real-time data on tobacco and nicotine marketing, products and consumer behaviors. “Nothing like this has ever been attempted...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Barrett's article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology titled, "Protective role of the placental efflux transporter BCRP/ABCG2 in the relationship between prenatal cadmium exposure, placenta weight, and size at birth." The placenta...
Oral Medication Is the Leading Choice for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment.
The majority of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) treat the chronic and progressive neurological disorder with oral medications, likely because of many factors, including convenience, consumer advertising and approval by health insurers, according to Rutgers...
Fentanyl Can Be Weaponized. Preparation Could Minimize the Damage.
The widely-available drug fentanyl, already the number one killer of Americans under 50, could be weaponized and used for terroristic mass poisoning, according to health experts at Rutgers and other institutions. “Before fentanyl, the only viable mass poisons were...
Genetic Risk Information May Help People Avoid Alcohol Addiction.
Today’s substance use prevention efforts ignore individual genetic risk, but Rutgers research suggests DNA test results may eventually enhance prevention and treatment and improve outcomes. Investigators recruited 325 college students, provided them with varying...
Technique Restores Healthy Bacterial Balance in C-Section Babies.
Newborns delivered by cesarean section who are swabbed with the vaginal fluid of their mothers after birth have beneficial bacteria restored to their skin surface and stools, according to a new study. In the first randomized study of its kind, published in the science...
Public Guaranteed Child Support Programs May Help Reduce Poverty Worldwide.
Rutgers-led study calls for public guaranteed child support programs as the rate of single-mother families increases and the instability and precariousness of labor markets continues impacting single mothers’ earnings and nonresident fathers’ ability to pay child...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Serrador's article in Brain Injury titled, "The consideration of post-exercise impact on SCAT3 scores in athletes immediately following a head injury." Sports-related concussions have become a major health concern. According to the Center for Disease...