The Debt Ceiling Deal Takes a Bite Out of Health Programs. It Could Have Been Much Worse.

Jun 06, 2023 at 01:27 am by Staff

  By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News    Policy analysts, Democrats, and Republicans dissatisfied with the deal agree: Federal health programs have dodged.... Read More

As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

Jun 06, 2023 at 01:19 am by Staff

  By Hannah Recht, KFF Health News More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analy.... Read More

More States OK Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Beyond Two Months

Jun 06, 2023 at 01:13 am by Staff

  By Matt Volz, KFF Health News At least eight states this year have decided to seek federal approval to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage, leaving just a handfu.... Read More

How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction

Jun 06, 2023 at 01:07 am by Staff

By Rachana Pradhan and Anna Werner, CBS News and Leigh Ann Winick, CBS News, KFF Helth News   The federal government is reconsidering a decisio.... Read More

Mood-Altering Mushroom Sales Bloom Despite Safety Concerns

Jun 06, 2023 at 01:00 am by Staff

  By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times, KFF Health News     When a hemp dispensary in this Florida city started to stock edibles with certain mushroom extra.... Read More

Four named to academic health leadership program

Jun 05, 2023 at 05:03 pm by Staff

  by Kathy Whitney Four faculty members from Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been selected to participate in the highly competitive 2023-2024 Hedwig van Ameri.... Read More

Novel surgery helps infant’s esophageal condition

Jun 05, 2023 at 04:59 pm by Staff

  by Jessica Pasley Surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently performed an innovative surgery to repair a rare esophageal conditi.... Read More

Patel named chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery

Jun 05, 2023 at 04:55 pm by Staff

  by Jill Clendening Mayur Patel, MD, MPH, associate professor of Surgery and Ingram Chair in Surgical Sciences, has been named chief of the Division of Acute Care Su.... Read More

Liquid biopsy test may detect early-stage and low DNA-shedding cancers

Jun 05, 2023 at 04:50 pm by Staff

A liquid biopsy-based multicancer early detection (MCED) test could detect 12 types of cancers, including low DNA-shedding cancers and early-stage cancers, according to data f.... Read More

Four from VUMC receive Heart Rhythm Society awards

Jun 05, 2023 at 04:44 pm by Staff

by Matt Batcheldor Four physician-scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center won awards during the Heart Rhythm Society’s (HRS) annual meeting from May 19.... Read More