Oncology & Cancer
Parenthood may push cancer patients to seek more treatment
(HealthDay)—Being a parent makes cancer patients more likely to seek life-extending treatments, a new study says.
Oct 15, 2014
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Health
Role of emergency contact is mistaken for advance directive, study says
More than 95 percent of patients treated in an Emergency Department mistake their emergency contact as the designated medical decision maker for end-of-life care, according to a new study by Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Sep 10, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Doctor's advice for cancer patients: Not only medical aspects influence treatment recommendations
What treatment a doctor recommends for advanced cancer not only depends on medical aspects. His relationship to the individual patients and his own view of their life situation at their age play a role. This was found out ...
Jun 3, 2013
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Cardiology
Difficult discussions now can ease difficult decisions later for patients with heart failure
Patients with advanced heart failure should have ongoing conversations with their healthcare providers to make informed decisions about treatment options that match their personal values, goals and preferences, according ...
Mar 5, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Program improves health of orphans of Rwandan genocide
Rwandan children who lived through the horrors of the 1994 genocide may suffer from psychological trauma that makes them more vulnerable to health problems, such as HIV infection. But a medical school study shows that with ...
Aug 8, 2011
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Other
Computer program aids patients in end-of-life planning
A new program developed by researchers at Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and Pennsylvania State University may make it easier for patients with moderate/severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to make ...
May 16, 2011
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