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There are few certainties in healthcare, but one is that hospitals will generally be facing an increasingly older population. And with age comes more chronically and severely ill patients. This is a ...

Stretch Baxla was doing so much better after a couple of months of care from Cornerstone that he withdrew from its hospice program in mid-June. Being in hospice would mean he couldn’t actively pursue ...

Americans live in one of the most medically advanced societies in human history. But sometimes, there is no cure for what ails us. Turner West, director of Education and Community Programs at ...

For too long, many have talked about the need for community-based palliative care programs as both a precursor to hospice care and even as a stand-alone service. Sure, some have given it a go, but for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Community Hospice & Palliative Care has launched the “Mail Call” program to honor veteran patients with heartfelt letters from ...

Parrish Medical Center’s Palliative Care program recently was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Jess Parrish Medical Foundation. The grant will be used to train and certify Advanced Care Planning (ACP) ...

Ovarian cancer is very treatable when you catch it at an early stage. But because this cancer often doesn't show symptoms early on, most people don’t get a diagnosis until they're already at a late ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) — Evidence is mounting that assisted suicide’s introduction into the Canadian medical system is not only undermining governments’ oft-stated plans to improve ...

After a decade of living with chronic kidney disease, Vonita McGee knows her body is wearing out. At 63, McGee undergoes dialysis sessions three times each week at a Northwest Kidney Centers site near ...