The American Heart Association has issued a new scientific statement calling for greater integration of palliative care into the treatment of people with critical cardiovascular disease. The guidance ...

Real-World Noninferiority Assessment of Two Filgrastim Biosimilars in Patients Receiving Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy Hospitalizations of patients 18 years and older with a primary diagnosis of ...

Patients in their final weeks or months of life can turn to hospice care to manage their transition. But until then, patients have another option to help them live with serious illnesses. KERA’s Sam ...

When you have non-small -lung cancer (NSCLC), the disease and treatments for it can take a toll on how you feel. You may have pain, fatigue, nausea, anxiety, depression, and shortness of breath.

Lupus is a chronic (long-term) disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of your body. It’s an autoimmune disease, which means that your immune system — the body system that usually ...

Patients with HMs have palliative care needs that are commensurate to those of patients with solid tumors, but are less likely to be met. 27, 28 These needs are listed in Table 1 and include ...

Palliative and hospice care both focus on supporting patients and improving quality of life. Palliative care can start at diagnosis, while hospice care supports patients nearing the end of life.

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. This type of care is focused on providing patients with relief from symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious ...

SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine offers a one-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited postgraduate training program in improving the quality of ...

What India needs now is not only recognition of palliative care, but the systems to deliver it. Community-based services, ...

Good palliative care should not be confined to specialist teams, said the minister. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...