by William Jester | Aug 11, 2022 | Community, News
Screening both mothers and fathers for depression beyond their child’s first birthday in pediatric offices – the current standard practice – could identify families in need of mental health and other critical resources, according to a Rutgers study. “Pediatric...
by William Jester | Aug 10, 2022 | Community, News
Todd Rosen, an associate professor and chief of maternal-fetal medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, coauthored a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that has changed standards of care for treating moderately elevated blood...
by William Jester | Aug 9, 2022 | Community, News
More than half of all people incarcerated in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, a hidden health crisis that has long been under-researched and under-resourced. Pamela Valera, an assistant professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at the Rutgers School of...
by William Jester | Aug 8, 2022 | Community, News
The Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care National Call Center has been selected to serve as one of 12 national backup centers that will triage overflow calls made to 9-8-8, a new national hotline for mental health crisis and suicide prevention that launches July...
by William Jester | Aug 5, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
On Monday, nearly 1,200 new COVID-19 cases and two confirmed deaths caused by the disease were reported in New Jersey. While scientists are also turning their attention to the lucky — and rare — individuals who have managed to dodge the coronavirus for more than two...
