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Released: 18-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Health Researchers Find Disparities in Outcomes of Hospice Discharges
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Rutgers Institute for Health researcher finds that Black patients who leave hospice care and patients with short stays in hospice care are at increased risks for being admitted to a hospital after being discharged from hospice.

Released: 16-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Rutgers Health Researchers Profile Clinical, Gene and Protein Changes in ‘Brain Fog’ From Long COVID
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Health researchers found that long COVID is associated with active inflammatory changes in the nervous system, but the condition is distinct from Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Released: 24-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Rutgers Health Researchers Develop Software to Predict Diseases
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Health researcher develops software that can analyze multigenomic and clinical data to discover biomarkers and predict diseases in individuals.

   
Released: 13-Dec-2023 8:00 AM EST
Adults With Cognitive Disabilities Are More Likely to Have Worse Experiences With Health Care System
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researcher Elizabeth Stone published new research finding that people with cognitive disabilities are less satisfied with their health care than those in the general population.

Released: 14-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
States With Legalized Medical Marijuana See Decline in Nonmedical Opioid Use
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Researchers found that when states implement medical cannabis laws, there is a 0.5 to 1.5 percentage point decrease in regular to frequent (up to or greater than once per week on average) nonmedical prescription opioid use among people who reported using opioids in the previous year.

16-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Adults With ADHD Are at Increased Risk for Developing Dementia
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Michal Schnaider Beeri and team analyzed data from 100,000 people to determine if ADHD in adults leads to higher risk of dementia.

Released: 2-Oct-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Rutgers Receives $4.2 Million to Develop Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

The Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans will work to advance behavioral, social and economic research related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias especially in older Asian and Pacific Americans.

Released: 12-Jul-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Oral Medication Is the Leading Choice for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researchers find the majority of MS patients start treatment with oral medications over platform injectables or infusions.

5-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Policymakers Should Consider Animal Welfare in Decisions
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researcher calls for policymakers to consider animal welfare in decision-making and explains benefits for doing so.

   
3-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Antipsychotic Medication Prescriptions for Children Sharply Decline
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Rutgers Institute for Health researchers observe decrease in use of antipsychotic medications in children since early 2000s.

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Released: 10-May-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Rutgers Experts Aim to Uncover Barriers to Conducting HIV Research in Africa
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Rutgers Institute for Health researcher, Dr. Ashley Grosso, receives grant from NIH to conduct study on barriers to HIV research in Africa.

Released: 2-May-2023 5:10 PM EDT
Rutgers Names Director of Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
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Renowned pharmacoepidemiologist, Dr. Tobias Gerhard, is named new director of the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research.

Released: 24-Apr-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Rutgers Researcher Develops Mental Health App to Manage Distress
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

New mental health app developed by Rutgers Institute for Health faculty member Dr. Edward Selby launches today.

   
Released: 28-Mar-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Can Cannabis Use Disorder Be Accurately Diagnosed?
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Tammy Chung, director of the Center for Population Behavioral Health at Rutgers Institute for Health, explains cannabis use disorder and the challenges of diagnosing the disorder in the context of cannabis used for therapeutic purposes.

   
Released: 27-Feb-2023 12:55 PM EST
Rutgers Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Cardiovascular Disease
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

According to a new study from Rutgers Institute for Health, researchers may be able to predict cardiovascular disease in patients by using artificial intelligence to examine the genes in their DNA.

Released: 13-Dec-2022 10:00 AM EST
Strong Connection to Neighbors May Improve Health Outcomes
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

According to Rutgers Institute for Health researchers, strong neighborhood connections reduced the negative impact of living alone on the death rates of older Chinese Americans.

   
27-Nov-2022 5:00 PM EST
Buprenorphine, Not Methadone, May Be Safer Treatment for Opioid-Use Disorder During Pregnancy
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Researchers found that using buprenorphine to treat opioid-use disorder during pregnancy may result in better outcomes for the baby than methadone.

Released: 28-Nov-2022 8:00 AM EST
Drug Used for Sleep Disorders Is Linked to Higher Risk of Overdose in Teens, Young Adults
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Researchers found young people using benzodiazepines for common sleep conditions had an increased risk of overdose during the six months after starting treatment compared with other prescription sleep medications.

25-Oct-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Outpatient Visits Are Critical to Success of Treating Opioid-Use Disorder, Researchers Find
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers researchers find that patients in treatment for opioid use disorder are more likely to stay in treatment if they participate in multiple outpatient visits early in their care.



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