When tough calls must be made for a loved one’s life-threatening ailment, here’s the key hospital resource that can guide you…
Comfort food—ice cream, mac-and-cheese, beer—are more important than nutrition at end of life. Here’s how to give this joy to a dying loved one.
You probably don’t know what treatments for serious illness your loved one does or doesn’t want, a new study finds. Here’s what you need to do now…
Hospice is designed to ease suffering at the end of one’s life. But not all providers fulfill this promise. How to avoid common problem areas…
Don’t wait until it’s too late to mend old wounds with loved ones. Writing this letter will allow you to live—and die—without regrets.
Are physicians really doing a disservice by prolonging a life that is rife with pain and suffering? The question is complicated and will only get more so.
Leading cause of death, based on age... Birth to age 12 months: Birth defect Age 1 to 44: Unintentional injury…
It’s only natural, after hearing about some calamitous event that claimed human lives—be it a car crash, killer storm, crazed…
Vermont recently became the fourth state in the US—after Montana, Washington and Oregon—to pass a law allowing doctor-assisted suicide (DAS).…
Excess Antimicrobial Use Found in Patients with Advanced Dementia A new study has identified a trend toward the increased prescription…
Not that I’m an advocate of taking a pill to solve life’s problems... but a drug that could help dying…
When a person you love is in the final stages of advanced dementia, it’s a day-to-day struggle to provide care…
Pictures Speak Louder than Words All religious beliefs aside, medical and legal experts counsel individuals to create living wills and…
Greater Comfort, Peace of Mind at End for Those Who Talk About It Talking about death can be difficult so…
There’s no denying the heartache when someone close to you is terminally ill. Hospice care can ease the strain for…
