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Google Search Predictions Increased Pandemic Fears, Anxiety for Spanish Speakers.
Dr. Google is always in, but for Spanish speakers searching for health information online, the advice Google gives isn’t always helpful. Sometimes, it’s downright terrifying. Research by Rutgers public health and information science experts found that during the...
New Jersey’s Temporary Health Care License Program Expanded Mental Health Services During Pandemic.
At least 3,700 out-of-state mental health providers utilized New Jersey’s COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure program to provide mental health services to more than 30,000 New Jersey patients during the first year of the pandemic, according to a Rutgers...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in the Journal of Pediatrics titled, "Gestational Age at Term and Teacher-Reported Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Patterns." Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most common disorders of...
Early Lyme Disease May Include Neurologic Lyme Disease.
Rheumatologists can play a major role in diagnosing and treating neurologic Lyme disease, according to a paper published in the journal Pathogens by an immunologist and rheumatologists at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The...
Join NJ ACTS Special Populations Core on May 24th!
Incarceration, Health, and the Life Course with Nathan Link, PhD Wednesday, May 24, 2023 1–2 pm Join on Zoom View Flyer Professor Link will discuss his research on the connections between incarceration and health, including how mental and physical health states impact...
Plastic Particles Themselves, Not Just Chemical Additives, Can Alter Sex Hormones.
Amid rising evidence that additives designed to improve plastics also disrupt sex hormones, a Rutgers laboratory trial shows that plastic itself can do likewise when inhaled at moderate levels. Previous studies focused on chemicals such as bisphenol-A (BPA) that make...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jude's article in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology titled, "Obesity elicits a unique metabolomic signature in human airway smooth muscle cells." Obesity can aggravate asthma by enhancing airway...
Battling Bias in AI.
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in everyday life, concerns have grown around bias in its programming. Many of the tasks performed by AI are simple and innocuous, but as its capabilities expand, so does its potential for wide-ranging impact....