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Rutgers researchers determine New Jersey’s autism prevalence rate is 1 in 34

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which uses research by Rutgers University, shows a significant increase in the estimated percentage of 8-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States.

Rutgers Launches New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative

The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) has been awarded a $3 million, three-year grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI).

Selfies Drive Self-Image and May Lead Many to Seek Plastic Surgery

Does my smartphone make my nose look big? It might, according to researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Could a Paper Device Diagnose Infectious Disease?

Imagine a small paper device that can rapidly reveal from a drop of blood whether an infection is bacterial or viral. The device could help reduce the overuse of antibiotics – which kill bacteria, not viruses.