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House Republicans face heat at home over proposed Medicare cuts
During the congressional recess, constituents have grilled some House Republicans on how deficit reduction proposals will affect Medicare. Meanwhile, Don Berwick says GOP plans deserve the "rationing" label more than the health law does.
The Washington Post: Republicans Facing Tough Questions Over Medicare Overhaul In Budget Plan
Anxiety is rising among some Republicans over the party’s embrace of a plan to overhaul Medicare, More >
House Republicans face heat at home over proposed Medicare cuts
During the congressional recess, constituents have grilled some House Republicans on how deficit reduction proposals will affect Medicare. Meanwhile, Don Berwick says GOP plans deserve the "rationing" label more than the health law does.
The Washington Post: Republicans Facing Tough Questions Over Medicare Overhaul In Budget Plan
Anxiety is rising among some Republicans over the party’s embrace of a plan to overhaul Medicare, More >
BIDMC: Physicians need to create healthy distance between work, home online identities
With ubiquitous social media sites like Facebook and Twitter blurring private and professional lines, there is an increasing need for physicians to create a healthy distance between their work and home online identities, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians assert.
Writing for the Annals of Internal Medicine’s April 19 Ideas and Opinions section, physicians Arash Mostaghimi, MD, MPA and Bradley H. Crotty, MD call attention More >
Improving ‘home care’ critical to addressing chronic disease and reducing health care costs nationwide
Val J. Halamandaris, president of The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s decision to exclude proposals that would impact seniors’ access to critical home care services:
“As Congress and the Administration focus their collective efforts on a long-term, sustainable approach to Medicare reform, we commend the President for acknowledging that proposals should More >
Atypical antipsychotics is a safe mental health medication for nursing home residents
Conventional antipsychotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines often administered to nursing home residents are no safer than atypical antipsychotics and may carry increased risks, according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) (pre-embargo link only) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj101406.pdf.
Psychotropic medications are often used to manage behavioral symptoms in seniors, particularly people with dementing illnesses, More >
Daily home dialysis makes ‘restless legs’ better
ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2011) For dialysis patients, performing daily dialysis at home can help alleviate sleep problems related to restless legs syndrome (RLS), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). RLS, a common and troublesome problem for dialysis patients, affects hemodialysis patients about four times as often as people in the general population.
New Home Blood Pressure Check Created For Diabetics
Many people get stressed when they visit the doctor, leading to blood pressure readings higher than normal. It’s called “White Coat Syndrome.” And since two-thirds of diabetics suffer from high blood pressure, getting accurate readings is crucial to getting proper care for them. Jenna L. Marquard of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is part of a team of researchers involved in a $2-million project to develop low-cost technology that will allow More >
Home urine test measures insulin production in diabetes
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2011) A simple home urine test has been developed which can measure if patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are producing their own insulin. The urine test, from Professor Andrew Hattersley’s Exeter-based team at the Peninsula Medical School, replaces multiple blood tests in hospital and can be sent by post as it is stable for up to three days at room temperature. Avoiding blood tests will be a particular advantage for More >
Obesity: Cooler home and sleeping more can help tackle weight
Hot home? The body burns more calories when it has to work to maintain a stable temperature
Living in a cooler home and getting a decent night’s sleep could help rein in the obesity epidemic, according to an Italian study.
Researchers led by Simona Bo at the University of Turin in Italy, found the odds of a person becoming obese declined by 30 per cent for each hour of sleep they managed.
Meanwhile More >
Home allergy tests are a danger to children and a waste of money, say doctors
Family doctors have been told they must improve at diagnosing food allergies
Parents are wasting money and risking their children’s health by buying £60 allergy tests, experts warn today.
There is no scientific basis for such alternative tests, which can delay proper diagnosis and may lead to malnutrition in children wrongly put on restrictive diets, it is claimed.
The warning comes as the NHS issues its More >
Testing Both Blood Glucose and Blood Pressure at Home
Since three-fourths of those of us who have diabetes also have high blood pressure, a combined blood glucose and blood pressure monitoring device makes a lot of sense. Years ago I reviewed basic devices here, but now we have the chance to use something that seems to approach the sophistication of the devices that nurses regularly use in doctors’ offices. And is probably even better.
The Fora D20 has a regular arm cuff attached to More >
Home-Use Blood Sugar Monitors Not Ideal In Hospital Surgical Situations, UF Researchers Say
In surgical situations, fluctuation in patients’ blood glucose levels can be harmful, so physicians take frequent measurements to guide treatment decisions.
For rapid testing, doctors and hospitals often use the inexpensive glucose meters approved by the Food and Drug Administration for home use, but many are unaware of inaccuracies in those convenient devices that can lead to harmful treatment errors, particularly ones resulting in very More >
Home-Based Dialysis is an Option If Kidney Transplant Fails
It is obvious that patients returning to dialysis after kidney transplant failure present unique challenges compared with other dialysis patients. This is because they have been exposed to very powerful immunosuppressive medications and have been on dialysis for a longer period of time than other dialysis patients.
This puts them at particularly high risk for various complications and death. According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the More >
Home dialysis as effective as hospital dialysis for patients with kidney transplant failure
Patients who must return to dialysis after a kidney transplant failure survive just as well on home dialysis as hospital dialysis, but few choose that option, according to new research by Dr. Jeffrey Perl, a nephrologist at St. Michael’s Hospital.
Despite medical advances, transplanted kidneys don’t last a lifetime and an increasing number of patients return to dialysis. These patients are at higher risk for complications and death than other More >
Research roundup: Racial disparities in cancer and other care, nursing home closures, extending drugmakers’ exclusivity
Journal of the National Cancer Institute: Projections Of The Cost Of Cancer Care In The United States: 2010-2020 - "By combining cancer prevalence with average annual costs of cancer care by phase of care and tumor site for 13 cancers in men and 16 cancers in women" and "all cancer sites combined," the authors project there will be just over 18 million cancer survivors in 2020 compared to 13.8 million survivors in 2010. The More >
Teens Get More Ear Infections When Someone Smokes At Home
Family members who smoke are more apt to feel it is OK to smoke indoors as their children get older. But in households with secondhand smoke, children between 12 and 17 are 1.67 times more prone to have recurrent ear infections compared to adolescents who live in a smoke-free environment, a large new study reveals.
Harvard researchers analyzed smoking behavior of 90,961 families surveyed between April 2007 and July 2008.
“Overall, More >
The bacteria timebomb in your home: The experts’ rules for beating household bugs that can trigger heart disease, allergies and strokes
Most of us never give a second thought to how long we’ve had that old chopping board — or those pillows, even that hairbrush.
But while they may all look clean and serviceable enough, these seemingly innocent household items can actually harbour potentially harmful bacteria if used too long, regardless of how often they’re cleaned.
Here, with the help of scientific experts, we examine how often you should spring More >
Macmillan Responds To The Launch Of The Government’s Warm Home Discount Consultation, UK
Commenting on the launch of the Warm Home Discount consultation, Mike Hobday, Head of Campaigns at Macmillan Cancer Support, said:
‘We welcome the introduction of the Warm Home Discount which will help people at risk of fuel poverty to pay their fuel bills.
‘With energy prices set to rise and freezing temperatures across the country it’s more important than ever that vulnerable cancer patients are included in this new scheme. More >
Home Treatment For Elderly Patients With Depression ‘Cheaper And More Effective’
Treating elderly people with Depression in their own homes could be cheaper and more effective than conventional out-patient treatment, according to an Austrian study published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Depression is a major mental health problem among older people, affecting around 12% of people over the age of 64. Evidence shows that a combination of antidepressant medication and psychological More >
Home Exposure To Tobacco Carcinogens High In Children Of Smokers
Ninety percent of children who lived in a house where an adult smoked had evidence of tobacco-related carcinogens in their urine, according to research presented at the Ninth AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, held here from Nov 7-10, 2010.
The average amount of tobacco metabolites in children aged one month to 10 years old was 8 percent of what is found in a smoker, said the lead researcher Janet L. Thomas, Ph.D., assistant More >
Home Exposure To Tobacco Carcinogens High In Children Of Smokers
Ninety percent of children who lived in a house where an adult smoked had evidence of tobacco-related carcinogens in their urine, according to research presented at the Ninth AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, held here from Nov 7-10, 2010.
The average amount of tobacco metabolites in children aged one month to 10 years old was 8 percent of what is found in a smoker, said the lead researcher Janet L. Thomas, Ph.D., assistant More >