The Growing Crisis of Medicaid Disenrollment

Written by: Sahithi Gangavarapu Millions of Americans nationwide have lost Medicaid coverage since March 31, 2023, when a pandemic-era mandate for coverage expired. As of November 21, 2023, 10.8 million Americans have been disenrolled from Medicaid, including around 2.1 million children. Recent data shows that a large proportion of these people are being disenrolled for administrative and procedural reasons unrelated to their actual eligibility leaving … Continue reading The Growing Crisis of Medicaid Disenrollment

Bringing Light to the Limited Accessibility of Cardiac Surgery 

Written by Luiza Ghazaryan. Many heart diseases such as arrhythmias, congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart valve disease and thoracic aortic aneurysm will require cardiac surgery to prolong the patient’s life. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute, each year, more than 2 million people around the world have open-heart surgery to treat various heart problems. Continue reading Bringing Light to the Limited Accessibility of Cardiac Surgery 

We are What We Eat: Evaluating the Correlation between Nutrition, Food Insecurity, and Mental Health

Written by Ambika Nair “You are what you eat”, but how about when it comes to your mental health: is your mental health truly an impression of ‘what you eat’?  For a while now, we have correlated healthier eating to a more positive and overall improved mental health. However, only very recently have we begun to understand the science behind this phenomenon known as ‘nutritional … Continue reading We are What We Eat: Evaluating the Correlation between Nutrition, Food Insecurity, and Mental Health