Health
Saying goodbye with dignity, grace
When Kathleen Coleman of Oak Park was first diagnosed with cardiac disease at the age of 65, her husband and adult children united with her to wage war on the illness.
Jun 15, 2011
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Medications
Efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions may be hindering end-of-life pain management
Policies designed to prevent the misuse of opioids may have the unintended side effect of limiting access to the pain-relieving drugs by terminally ill patients nearing the end of their life, new research led by the Oregon ...
Apr 20, 2021
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Medicare kidney failure patients enter hospice too late to reap full benefits
As they approach the end of their lives, many patients with end-stage renal disease face a harrowing choice: continue dialysis treatment or enter hospice care. Under current policy, Medicare will not simultaneously pay for ...
Apr 30, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Transfusion dependence a barrier to quality end-of-life care for some with leukemia
For patients with advanced leukemia, access to high-quality end-of-life care appears to be reduced in those dependent on blood transfusions, according to a new study being presented during the 59th American Society of Hematology ...
Dec 12, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify lethal molecular alterations after current therapies fail patients with metastatic melanoma
In a new translational study from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, researchers analyzed genetic changes in the organs of recently deceased patients to understand how metastatic cutaneous melanoma spreads in those ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
First man cured of HIV infection now has terminal cancer
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic treatment 12 years ago.
Sep 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New clinical practice guidelines on acute myeloid leukemia in older adults
Today, ASH published new guidelines to help older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and their health care providers make critical care decisions, including if and how to proceed with cancer treatment and the need for ...
Aug 6, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
When to give up: Treatment or comfort for late-stage cancer?
Two months before Joe Clark died of colon cancer at age 31, a doctor gently told him it was time to stop treatment.
Jun 6, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Medicare policy changes tied to drop in hospice use for dementia
Recent changes in Medicare policies are associated with reductions in the share of patients with an Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) code receiving hospice care, according to a study published online May 6 in ...
May 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Older cancer patients heavily use health care services
(HealthDay)—Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are intense users of health care services and rarely use palliative care and hospice services, according to a study published in the August issue of Cancer.
Sep 2, 2015
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