Nicotine is the drug that keeps people coming back to cigarettes but not the substance that causes serious health effects in people who use tobacco. It is the tar and toxic chemical mix in tobacco and tobacco smoke that causes cancer, lung disease and 490,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.
A Rutgers Health researcher notes that certain red flags can make misleading respondents easier to recognize.
Rutgers Health’s evaluation of Nurture NJ examines efforts to expand access to services provided by midwives, doulas and lactation consultants.
At a moment when the federal government has sharply cut funding for gun violence prevention science, the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center has increased its commitment to expanding the field through funding grants and, this year, is issuing more than $1.1 million in awards.
In a commentary published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers at Rutgers Health, Harvard University and the University of Pittsburgh discuss the impact of unregulated mobile health and generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications that claim to assist in substance use reduction.
Support from family, friends and partners can influence a person’s behaviors around firearms, with more support corresponding to a reduction in unsafe behaviors, according to Rutgers Health researchers.