Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently studied whether video consultations could improve palliative care for patients age 55 and older in small hospitals lacking specialized ...

There's a world of treatment options for patients with lung cancer, at least in terms of disease control or even cure. But when it comes to palliative care, the prognosis remains poor, noted Rasmus ...

People with Parkinson’s may receive palliative care at any stage of the disease, from early diagnosis to end-of-life stages. This kind of care can help people manage symptoms and live with Parkinson’s ...

Learn about palliative care and the options patients can use to reduce physical and mental suffering Just because you or a loved one has a serious illness doesn’t mean you and your family can’t have a ...

Palliative care, sometimes called supportive care, can improve quality of life for people with chronic or other serious illnesses. People with serious, life threatening illnesses may feel as though ...

All gynecologists who care for patients with cervical cancer and all oncologists should have intermediate-level palliative care training (defined by WHO as 60-80 hours) and be capable of integrating ...

In this article, we first summarize the palliative care needs of patients with HMs across the illness continuum. We then discuss barriers to specialty palliative care integration in this population ...

Although it is associated with dying, palliative care is an approach focused on improving quality of life – or how people feel about and respond to facing a life-threatening illness. Palliative care ...