http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Health care at the end of life is a difficult issue but a new study highlights the importance of making a plan for end-of-life decisions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-end-of-life-benefit-patients-families.html Health Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:10:01 EST news281861907 Jonathan Welch, MD, a physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, never thought his family would be part of a medical error. But when his mother's battle with cancer took a sudden turn and she was rushed to a community hospital in Wisconsin, Welch watched in helpless horror as a series of mistakes lead to her death. After the funeral, he encouraged the Wisconsin hospital's administrators to make changes to avoid future errors and deaths, but his experience proved frustrating and fruitless. Now, in an essay that appears online December 3, 2012 in Health Affairs, Welch is urging hospitals to give a larger voice to patients and their families. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-emergency-physician-loss-advocacy.html Health Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:10:14 EST news273845401 Child protection professionals are to be offered new guidance on how best to involve families in the case reviews that follow the death or serious injury of a child as a result of abuse or neglect. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-guidance-family-involvement-child-abuse.html Health Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:00:03 EST news271871356 (HealthDay)—Obesity interventions that include family involvement may be a promising approach for targeting African-American girls, but more research is required, according to the results of a systematic literature review published online Oct. 12 in Obesity Reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-family-obesity-approach-black-girls.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:30:01 EST news270313551