Smartphone app helps those with advanced cancer maintain quality of life
A smartphone app can help individuals with advanced cancer deal with symptoms and maintain their quality of life, according to new research.
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More support needed for aged care staff to steer end-of-life conversations
A new study from Flinders University researchers describes the perspectives of aged care staff on when and how they communicate with families to plan end-of-life care—and identifies that increased training and resources are ...
May 28, 2026
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Veterans with cancer face years of elevated suicide risk, with danger highest just after diagnosis
Veterans diagnosed with cancer face a higher risk of suicide attempts—especially in the months following diagnosis—and that risk can persist for years, found a large, national study led by Oregon Health & Science University ...
May 28, 2026
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Expanding access to palliative care for patients with advanced liver disease
Advanced liver disease (ALD) occurs when significant scarring causes the liver to lose function. Patients with ALD often have serious health challenges but have limited access to palliative care that could improve their quality ...
Apr 13, 2026
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How life stories shape the path to assisted death
The debate surrounding the provision of assistance to those wishing to die has long centered on abstract notions such as individual choice and personal autonomy. What is often missing from the discussion, says sociologist ...
Mar 30, 2026
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Palliative care should be integrated into cardiology therapy earlier, says study
An international group of authors has called for a shift in cardiovascular care. In the public eye, palliative care is often associated with the final stage of life. In reality, however, it is far more than end-of-life care. ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Six-week virtual program offers early palliative care roadmap for dementia
For an estimated 11% of Americans over age 65 who have dementia and the over 11 million unpaid caregivers supporting them, there is no instruction manual for navigating life after diagnosis. A team of College of Nursing researchers ...
Mar 14, 2026
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Nursing's moral agency cannot be outsourced to AI, study warns
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly integrates into clinical settings—from predicting patient outcomes to deploying humanoid "robotic nurses"—an article published in the Hastings Center Report warns that the core of nursing, ...
Mar 10, 2026
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Cancer patients want to participate in difficult decisions
"Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions," says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway's University of Agder (UiA). "Even patients who say that the doctor knows best often want to be ...
Mar 9, 2026
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Hospice use after ICU admission increased across the US from 2011–2023
In recent years, medical guidelines and national policies have pushed hospitals to offer more palliative care to patients who are seriously ill. This has led to a major rise in palliative care use, especially among people ...
Feb 19, 2026
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