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The Gift of Hearing

Annabella Macias’ dramatic transformation from profound hearing loss to hearing is the result of cochlear implants and the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Team at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Helping Women Look and Feel Complete Again after Breast Cancer

The black cloud of cancer looms every time a woman examines her breasts and frets: Is that a lump? Do I call my doctor? Will I need surgery? Should I worry? No matter how calm and logical her approach, the last question answers itself as anxiety manifests.

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School To Lead Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office

Rutgers University, through Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, will appoint physicians to lead the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office by late September, in a new partnership between the County and the university.

Promise of Faster, More Accessible Schizophrenia Diagnosis

A portable device common in optometrists’ offices may hold the key to faster diagnosis of schizophrenia, predicting relapse and symptom severity and assessing treatment effectiveness, a Rutgers University study finds.

Health Care Providers and Others Discuss Ways to Improve Cancer Screenings

Health care providers, community members, and researchers from across the state came together this week at the ‘Conference for Change’ event, hosted by the New Jersey Primary Care Association and sponsored by ScreenNJ to address screening among two of the most common cancers – colorectal and lung.

Rutgers Trailblazer to Become Nation's First Doctor of Clinical Lab Science

The patient, a quadriplegic with an irregular heartbeat, was set to get a pacemaker when a test came back suggesting he had pneumonia, delaying surgery and lengthening his hospital stay.

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.