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Medicare Policy: Barrier to Hospice Increases Hospitalization

By Guest PostOctober 31, 2012Healthhospice care, medicare policy, medicare rule, physical therapy, skilled nursing

Because of a Medicare policy that prevents simultaneous reimbursement for skilled nursing and hospice care, many families cannot choose hospice for loved ones who reside in nursing homes. The result, new research shows, is that residents with advanced dementia who have Medicare skilled nursing home care without any hospice care have a far greater likelihood of dying in the hospital and receiving aggressive treatments such as feeding tubes or physical therapy within weeks of death.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A Medicare rule that blocks thousands of nursing home residents from receiving simultaneous reimbursement for hospice and skilled nursing facility (SNF) care at the end of life may result in those residents receiving more aggressive treatment and hospitalization, according a new analysis. (more…)

Common Food Preservative May Slow, Even Stop Tumor Growth

By Guest PostOctober 30, 2012Healthanti tumor, antibacterial agent, antimicrobial, bacteria, bad cell, calcium, cancer fighting, cancer medicine, cancerous tumor, cell carcinoma, cell death, cell head, cell membrane, chac1, fda, food preservative, good cell, human consumption, key regulator, michigan, neck cancer, nisin, nisin treatment, oral cancer, potential, properties, protein, squamous, therapy, tumor, university, yvonne kapila

ANN ARBOR — Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found.

What makes this particularly good news is that the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization approved nisin as safe for human consumption decades ago, says Yvonne Kapila, the study’s principal investigator and professor at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. (more…)

Nettles — it’s what’s for dinner!

By Guest PostOctober 27, 2012Culture, Healthfeast of weeds, food historian, luigi ballerini, wild edible plants

UCLA scholar, culinary historian champions foraged foods in new book

Today, delicacies like capers, arugula and fennel are at home at Dean & Deluca, Whole Foods and fancy restaurants, but they haven’t always lived the high life. (more…)

When she says, ‘It’s not you, it’s me,’ it really might be you, UCLA study suggests

By Guest PostOctober 25, 2012Healthbehavior, change, christina larson, cycle, deep voice, dominant behavior, dual mating, evolutionary benefit, fertile period, fertility, genetic makeup, genetic mutation, good gene, hormones, hypothesis, martie haselton, masculine face, masculine feature, masculine tend, monthly cycle, mr sexy, mr stable, offspring, ovulation, ovulation cycle, potential partner, progeny, relationship satisfaction, romantic relationship, sex partner, sexually attractive men, sexually desirable men, sexy, sexy look, ucla, women

Women with stable but not-so-sexy mates become more distant, critical during periods of high fertility

Long after women have chosen Mr. Stable over Mr. Sexy, they struggle unconsciously with the decision, according to a new study by UCLA researchers who look at subtle changes in behavior during ovulation.

At their most fertile period, these women are less likely to feel close to their mates and more likely to find fault with them than women mated to more sexually desirable men, the research shows. (more…)

Science Supports Sex Addiction as a Legitimate Disorder

By Guest PostOctober 24, 2012Healthanxiety, Bible, bipolar disorder, commercial, cybersex, depression, disorder, dsm 5, healthy sex, heather mckittrick, hypersexual behavior, hypersexual disorder, life, margarit davtian, masturbation, mental health, pornography, psychiatric condition, psychiatric diagnose, psychiatry, radio, rory reid, scientific evidence, sex addiction, sex workers, sexual activity, sexual addiction, sexual behavior, sexual fantasies, sexually transmitted infection, sheila garos, substance abuse, talk show, timothy fong, ucla

UCLA researchers test proposed criteria for diagnosing ‘hypersexual disorder’

The idea that an individual might suffer from a sexual addiction is great fodder for radio talk shows, comedians and late night TV. But a sex addiction is no laughing matter. Relationships are destroyed, jobs are lost, lives ruined.

Yet psychiatrists have been reluctant to accept the idea of out-of-control sexual behavior as a mental health disorder because of the lack of scientific evidence.

Now a UCLA-led team of experts has tested a proposed set of criteria to define “hypersexual disorder,” also known as sexual addiction, as a new mental health condition. (more…)

Breakthrough Technique Images Breast Tumors in 3-D with Great Clarity, Reduced Radiation

By Guest PostOctober 23, 2012Health, Science3d picture, alberto mittone, aniko sztrokay, blind evaluation, bone, breakthrough, breast cancer, breast tissue, computing algorithm, ct scanner, digital, dual view, equally sloped tomography, est, european, european colleague, france, Germany, image, jianwei miao, ludwig maximilians university, mammogram, mammography, maximilian reiser, oscillation, paola coan, patient, paul claude diemoz, radiation, radiation facility, researcher, scientist, screening, sergei gasilov, susanne liebhardt, synchrotron, technique, three-dimensional, tomography, tumor, ucla, united states, xray, yunzhe zhao, zhifeng huang

Like cleaning the lenses of a foggy pair of glasses, scientists are now able to use a technique developed by UCLA researchers and their European colleagues to produce three-dimensional images of breast tissue that are two to three times sharper than those made using current CT scanners at hospitals. The technique also uses a lower dose of X-ray radiation than a mammogram.

These higher-quality images could allow breast tumors to be detected earlier and with much greater accuracy. One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime.

The research is published the week of Oct. 22 in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

Medication Beliefs Strongly Affect Individuals’ Management of Chronic Diseases, MU Expert Says

By Guest PostOctober 21, 2012Healthalternative, basel, belgium, blood pressure, bottle cap, chronic condition, chronic disease, electronic, fabienne dobbels, heart disease, high, leuven, life, medication, medication regimen, missouri, objective feedback, patient, pill, pilot study, quality, risk, sabina de geest, salt consumption, shortened lifespan, side effect, stroke, switzerland, todd ruppar, treatment, university

Health practitioners should use behavior-change tactics so patients take medications as prescribed

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Nearly half of patients taking medications for chronic conditions do not strictly follow their prescribed medication regimens. Failure to use medications as directed increases patients’ risk for side effects, hospitalizations, reduced quality of life and shortened lifespans. Now, a University of Missouri gerontological nursing expert says patients’ poor adherence to prescribed medication regimens is connected to their beliefs about the necessity of prescriptions and concerns about long-term effects and dependency.

MU Assistant Professor Todd Ruppar found that patients’ beliefs about the causes of high blood pressure and the effectiveness of treatment alternatives significantly affected their likelihood of faithfully following prescribed medication regimens. In his pilot study, Ruppar focused on older patients’ adherence to medication treatments that control high blood pressure, a condition that affects nearly 70 million adults in the U.S. and can lead to heart disease and stroke. (more…)

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