Prevalence of Emotional and Binge Eating Among Patients With Obesity Attending a Specialist Weight Management Service for Bariatric Surgery in the United Kingdom.

Background: Emotional eating (EE) is a tendency to consume food in response to positive or negative emotions, leading to obesity and an increased Body Mass Index (BMI). Evidence supports the positive association between EE and binge eating disorder (BED), but little is known about its prevalence among patients referred for bariatric surgery and the psychological characteristics of this patient population. We aim to examine (i) the prevalence of binge eating and EE, (ii) its association with the prevalence of anxiety, depression, diabetes and hypertension and (iii) the correlation between anxiety and depression with emotional and binge eating behaviours among patients attending a regional bariatric service in the UK.

The 'Quartered Head Technique': a simple, reliable way of maintaining leg length and offset during total hip arthroplasty.

Introduction: Various techniques have been described for restoring leg length and offset during total hip arthroplasty (THA). We herein describe a novel "Quartered Head Technique" (QHT) involving a series of femoral osteotomies.

Methods: 124 hips were included in the analysis.

Why Is Hospice One of the Few Health Care Environments Structured for Peace?

Historically, Western medicine has recognized health care environments as vital to patient well-being and enhanced clinical outcomes. Yet most modern Western hospitals are primarily designed and regulated to promote safety and minimize risk rather than to enhance comfort or serve as therapeutic environments in and of themselves. Hospice stands out as one of the few places within the Western health care service delivery system in which the structures and spaces of caregiving are viewed as key to patient-centered practice.