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In the ICU, what is a good death?

What is a good death for a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)? The answer to that question may depend on whether you ask a family member of a patient or the physician, who are not necessarily aligned.

Health informatics

Physician burnout is reduced with peer support, study finds

A new Kaiser Permanente physician peer support program designed to reduce burnout helped improve doctors' well-being and had a positive impact on the culture of the medical departments that took part in the program, Kaiser ...

Medications

FDA panel says no to experimental ALS drug

An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted resoundingly against recommending a stem cell-based experimental treatment for ALS.

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