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NJIT, Rutgers, Veterans Affairs Dept. Partner to Mitigate Prosthetic Limb Side Effects.
Veterans who wear prosthetic lower legs could experience healthier and more comfortable lifestyles following novel artificial intelligence research at New Jersey Institute of Technology, in conjunction with the Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System and...
Join NJ ACTS BERD on Zoom for a Workshop on 4/9 at 12
NJ Acts Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series presents: Designing Multi-Site Studies for External Validity: Site Selection via Synthetic Purposive Sampling Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 12pm on Zoom REGISTER HERE Links to an external site. Speaker: Dr. Naoki...
Many Americans Misunderstand Medical Aid in Dying Laws.
Public misunderstanding about medical aid in dying in the United States falls into two distinct categories – misinformation and uncertainty – and each is driven by different forces, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their study, published in the Journal of...
Researchers Test Nutrition-Based Approach to Protect Brain Health in Older Adults at High Risk for Alzheimer’s.
Rutgers researchers are launching a clinical trial to explore whether alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)-enriched nutrition can improve memory and brain health in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, as well as carriers of the APOE4 genotype, the strongest known...
Researchers Find Intermittent Fasting Is No Better, or Worse, Than Conventional Dieting.
Intermittent fasting – the practice of restricting eating to certain hours of the day or certain days of the week – is promoted across social media and embraced by millions of Americans. But a Cochrane systematic review of the clinical evidence finds it produces...
Join the Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health on Friday April 10th
Creating and maintaining successful academic-community partnerships Hosted by the Prevention Science program and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement. Join us for an interactive, in‑person symposium focused on building and sustaining strong...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
The Search for Autism’s Origin Heads to the Womb.
n the decades-long search for autism’s origin, researchers have tested a range of theories, some dubious – such as bad parenting – others more plausible, such as pollution. Despite billions of dollars spent on research since the first diagnosis in 1943, science has...