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World’s first fully robotic double lung transplant performed at NYU Langone Health

A surgical team at NYU Langone Health has performed the first fully robotic double lung transplant in the world.

21 Nov 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s nontraditional health picks

President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to staff his incoming administration, and his picks so far for key health policy positions are particularly polarizing.

21 Nov 2024

Washington power has shifted. Here’s how the ACA may shift, too.

President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House could embolden Republicans who want to weaken or repeal the Affordable Care Act, but implementing such sweeping changes would still require overcoming procedural and political hurdles.

21 Nov 2024

Cardiorespiratory fitness trumps BMI in predicting risk of death and heart disease

As rates of obesity, as defined by body mass index (BMI), continue to climb in the United States, so have efforts to lose weight, including a new era of weight-loss drugs.

20 Nov 2024

Experts identify five elements of brain-based visual impairment in children

Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations.

20 Nov 2024

Ex-eye bank workers say pressure, lax oversight led to errors

William Lopez remembers clearly the day in June 2017 when he says he was asked to call the spouse of a college friend who had just died and ask for her eyes.

20 Nov 2024

Argonne receives $21.7 million to advance cancer and vaccine discoveries

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will use its world-leading capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing to research novel ways to fight cancer and transform vaccine discovery.

15 Nov 2024

As California taps pandemic stockpile for bird flu, officials keep close eye on spending

California public health officials are dipping into state and federal stockpiles to equip up to 10,000 farmworkers with masks, gloves, goggles, and other safety gear as the state confirms at least 21 human cases of bird flu as of early November.

14 Nov 2024

$Gabapentinoids may increase hip fracture risk in older adults$

Gabapentinoids may increase hip fracture risk in older adults

The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, tracked patients hospitalized for hip fractures in Victoria, Australia from March 2013 through June 2018, who had used gabapentinoids before the injury.

13 Nov 2024

KFF Health News sues to force disclosure of Medicare Advantage audit records

KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to compel it to release a range of Medicare Advantage health plan audits and other financial records.

12 Nov 2024

Pandemic stress linked to long-term rise in alcohol consumption

Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

12 Nov 2024

New discovery reveals how mutant RAS genes drive tumor growth

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have discovered a new way in which RAS genes, which are commonly mutated in cancer, may drive tumor growth beyond their well-known role in signaling at the cell surface.

11 Nov 2024

CDC updates pain care guidelines for clinicians

Pain affects the lives of millions of Americans every day and improving pain care and the lives of patients with pain is a public health imperative.

11 Nov 2024

Watchdog calls for tighter scrutiny of Medicare Advantage home visits

A new federal watchdog audit is ratcheting up pressure on government officials to crack down on billions of dollars in overcharges linked to Medicare Advantage home visits.

8 Nov 2024

C-Path announces important leadership appointments in neurology and Alzheimer's research

Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced key leadership appointments: Diane Stephenson, Ph.D., has been promoted to Vice President of Neurology, and Nadine Tatton, Ph.D., has been welcomed as the new Executive Director of C-Path's Critical Path for Alzheimer's Disease (CPAD) Consortium.

7 Nov 2024

Tribal health leaders say feds haven’t treated syphilis outbreak as a public health emergency

Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota.

7 Nov 2024

12 states promised to open the books on their opioid settlement funds. We checked up on them.

To discover how millions in opioid settlement funds are being spent in Idaho, you can visit the state attorney general's website, which hosts 91 documents from state and local entities getting the money.

7 Nov 2024

Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Former President Donald Trump's election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation's public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care.

6 Nov 2024

Binghamton University joins groundbreaking $42.8 million inflammatory disease treatment project

Binghamton University will play a key role in a federal grant of up to $42.8 million to develop an implantable device that acts as a living pharmacy to treat inflammatory diseases.

5 Nov 2024

Election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare

On the campaign trail, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are eager to portray themselves as guardians of Medicare.

5 Nov 2024

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World’s first fully robotic double lung transplant performed at NYU Langone Health

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s nontraditional health picks

Washington power has shifted. Here’s how the ACA may shift, too.

Cardiorespiratory fitness trumps BMI in predicting risk of death and heart disease

Experts identify five elements of brain-based visual impairment in children

Ex-eye bank workers say pressure, lax oversight led to errors

Argonne receives $21.7 million to advance cancer and vaccine discoveries

As California taps pandemic stockpile for bird flu, officials keep close eye on spending

Gabapentinoids may increase hip fracture risk in older adults

KFF Health News sues to force disclosure of Medicare Advantage audit records

Pandemic stress linked to long-term rise in alcohol consumption

New discovery reveals how mutant RAS genes drive tumor growth

CDC updates pain care guidelines for clinicians

Watchdog calls for tighter scrutiny of Medicare Advantage home visits

C-Path announces important leadership appointments in neurology and Alzheimer's research

Tribal health leaders say feds haven’t treated syphilis outbreak as a public health emergency

12 states promised to open the books on their opioid settlement funds. We checked up on them.

Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Binghamton University joins groundbreaking $42.8 million inflammatory disease treatment project

Election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare

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