iStockphoto More adults went without needed medical treatment, a dental visit or routine check-ups in 2010 than a decade earlier, according to a new study . In 2010, some 21% of adults under the age of 65 told a government survey that they had an unmet health-care need, 20% said they hadn’t been able to get into a doctor’s office and 39% said they hadn’t had a dental visit. Those numbers were all higher than responses in 2000, researchers at the liberal Urban Institute think tank found after analyzing National Health Interview Survey questionnaires that asked adults under the age of 65 about their health. The latest numbers are likely to add further fuel to the debate over the future direction of health costs. National health-spending growth was at a near-historic low in 2010, as WSJ reported , but experts are divided over whether the trend is a good thing or not. As the Health Blog explained in January , many observers attribute the decline in spending to people cutting back on care because of the weak economy. But they also say the long-term cost implications depend on whether the people postponed necessary treatments for conditions that will worsen, or put off unnecessary treatments that they would be better off skipping. In the study, adults without health insurance were much more likely to say they didn’t have access to care or didn’t see a doctor or a dentist. In 2010, 46% of these people said they had had unmet medical needs, 48% said they had seen a doctor in the previous year, and 28% said they had seen a dentist.

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Look out Viagra – there's a new erectile dysfunction drug in town. It's called Stendra (aka Avanafil) and it's newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration, making it the first ED drug to come out in almost 10 years. Although Stendra has not been tested against what is known as the "Little Blue Pill," drug makers say that – for some men – it may work faster. "If things are heated up, theoretically you can get improved function earlier, within 15 minutes, with this drug," said Dr. Irwin Goldstein, director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, and co-author of a recent study about Stendra in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. "You can argue this is the first potential on-demand drug." The "on-demand" drug could end up in high demand for men with ED who do not respond to drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. Goldstein, who has authored more than 300 studies in the field of sexual dysfunction, said that early data suggests Stendra may perform faster than other ED drugs, but that must be proven in a larger, real-world population. Goldstein and his team studied 1,267 men who took a 50, 100 or 200 milligram dose of Stendra – or placebo – about 30 minutes before engaging in sexual activity. The men filled out questionnaires indicating, for example, how long it took before they engaged in sexual intercourse or became aroused. "For some men it works in 15 minutes, for some men it took longer," said Goldstein. To be clear, no one is suggesting that men should drop Viagra – or any other of the popular ED drugs– for Stendra. "There is no drug that is the best," said Dr. Laurence Levine, a professor in the department of Urology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, who was not a part of the Stendra study. "Each patient's own chemistry may make one drug better than another. There are certain advantages and disadvantages to all of these drugs." Stendra is another option in a field of effective and safe drugs, said Levine. A small minority of patients experienced side effects after taking Stendra, according to the study, including headaches, flushing, nasal congestion and back pain. And overall, patients taking any ED drug – all of which work similarly – should be aware of rare side effects like sudden loss of vision or hearing, according to the FDA. Filed under: Men’s Health , Senior Health , Sex Tagged: Stephanie Smith -CNN Medical Producer

CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) – The University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine is about to undergo “significant” cutbacks. University of Miami President Donna Shalala announced the cuts in a letter to employees on Tuesday. In the letter, Shalala said the reductions are necessary because of a number of “unprecedented factors”, like the economic downturn of 2008, decreased state and federal funding for research and clinical care and tightening within the health insurance industry. She also said “UM is not immune from the financial struggles of our partners at Jackson Memorial Hospital.” She said the Jackson Health System reductions have affected the school’s finances. CBS4 News partner The Miami Herald reports Jackson Health, which has lost $419 million the past three years, cut its payments to the university by $16 million this year. “With these challenges in mind,” Shalala wrote, “the Miller School is making changes to ensure it continues to achieve its mission of providing the highest quality health care, research and education. Changes will include a significant reduction in costs, including staffing. Reductions will not impact clinical care or our patients and will primarily focus on unfunded research and administrative areas.” Shalala said the cuts will come in May. She did not provide details about how many employees may be laid off.

Weight loss is all about planning, but if you’re just beginning it can be hard to know just where to start. You know that changing your diet and exercise are both key to dropping pounds, but what does that mean exactly? Here are three basics to know as you begin your weight-loss journey. Fundamental exercises: Simple exercises that are easy to do anywhere but are also extremely effective should be part of your fitness routine. Once you know how to perform these moves correctly, you can make them harder, modify as necessary, or do them at anytime throughout your day – all of which leads to a higher calorie burn. Check out our lists of five basic arm exercises and essential moves for your lower body . Your calories: It may be obvious, but it helps to know how to keep track of calories; if you’re trying to lose weight, knowing exactly what and how much you’re eating is essential. Once you actually track every “taste” and the high-calorie toppings you throw onto your lunch salad, you’ll realize where to make cuts and improvements. Bone up on your calorie count knowledge with our calorie breakdowns of popular foods , and track what you’re eating in a food journal. Not only should you know how many calories you’re eating, you should know how effective your exercises are. Calorie counts vary depending on your body’s makeup and other factors, but you can get a good sense of how many calories you’re burning during your favorite Spring exercises here . Your workout plan: Not knowing what kind of workouts you’ll be doing for the week? Not a good idea. If you want to lose pounds, commit to a workout plan. Strength train to build metabolic-revving muscle and raise your heart rate to torch calories with these tips on how to plan a workout . The lose weight, it’s recommended that you work out five hours a week. Start your week with a plan to get those 300 minutes of sweating in.

Brooklyn Decker knows how to rock a bikini, and yoga plays a big part in her fitness routine. Tara Stiles, Brooklyn’s yoga go-to, shared two poses that helped the blond bombshell get into swimsuit shape. Learn how to do the poses when you watch the video.

One of my current passions is to seek out the best-of-the-best fruits and encourage my clients, family and friends to eat more of them. By “best-of-the-best”, I mean fruits that offer a major upside and little, if any, downside. This is sometimes embodied in fruits that are high in fiber and/or nutrient dense. Other times, Related posts: Whole Body Health Black Garlic and Late Night Snacking New Hope for Seasonal Allergies

If a little cold, snow, and ice isn’t going to keep you from running outside, make sure that you’re properly dressed. An essential part of any good Winter running ensemble is a beanie – and not just any old beanie. Since it’s a tricky thing to be sweating out in the freezing cold, you are going to need something to keep you both warm and dry, like the Smartwool Beanie ($25) (a favorite of FitSugar editor, Jenny ). Not your style? Keep reading to see five more excellent picks for Winter running beanies. View Slideshow ›

Short-term estrogen treatments increase the brain’s gray matter among women who have gone through menopause, a time when the brain works measurably harder to focus on simple memory tasks, researchers reported Sunday. To assess the cognitive benefits of the controversial hormone therapy , researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Vermont studied two dozen healthy, post-menopausal women by giving 12 of them a standard daily dose of estrogen for three months and giving the other 12 a placebo. Using magnetic resonance brain scanning, the scientists found that the hormone treatment had a significant effect on brain anatomy, by increasing the volume of gray matter in the brain’s cortex, where attention, decision-making and memory are centered. “We are seeing actual differences in gray matter density,” said Paul Newhouse , director of Vanderbilt’s Center for Cognitive Medicine, who reported the group’s findings Sunday at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C. The researchers said that the structural brain changes are evidence that women might only have to take estrogen for a relatively short time to prevent the mental lapses that often accompany menopause, avoiding the risk of serious adverse side effects associated with long-term hormone therapy. “It’s going out on a limb, but this change in gray matter density might be important in helping to preserve cognitive function,” Newhouse said. “That could be good news.” Bonus: Soy Tablets Don’t Prevent Menopausal Bone Loss Image: iStockphoto

Holly Finn’s recent WSJ piece about her grueling, as-yet fruitless experiences with in vitro fertilization deals honestly with a topic she says many people prefer not to discuss. Those who successfully walk away from IVF with a healthy baby may talk about it, but women or couples in the throes of the process, or for whom it fails, tend to clam up. In this WSJ video, the 42-year-old Finn says she’d like younger women (and men) to be aware of the real impact that age has on fertility, and of the limits of science to counteract that ticking clock. She spent a lot of years “hunting for my fellow and dating the wrong people,” while in the back of her head, thinking fertility treatment could be a “baby back -up plan”. So far, it hasn’t worked out that way. Watch the video and tell us what you think.