Patient: ‘Hospice isn’t all about death and dying’
WRAL.com | April 7, 2016 “Don’t wait until the last minute [to start hospice services],” she said. “Hospice isn’t all…
Patients
Advance Care Directives
Patients have a right to take an active role in their own health care. Unfortunately, there are times, such as sudden illness or an accident, when this is not possible.
Living With Cancer: My Doctor, My Friend
When my oncologist told me about her various job offers, she laughed and reassured me that the only position that could lure her away would be a professorship named for Princess Diana. Of course I knew she was kidding.
Think Like a Doctor
The operation, called a gastric sleeve, went fine. Her daughter came home just a couple of days after the surgery. She had no pain. She said she felt great. And she looked bright and eager.
Patients Are Seen as Potential Donors, Many Doctors Say
More and more these days, development offices at major cancer centers are teaching doctors to seize such opportunities to raise money for the medical center or for their own research.
In an unprecedented survey of more than 400 oncologists at 40 leading cancer centers, nearly half said they had been taught to identify wealthy patients who might be prospective donors.
Well: Is It Alzheimer’s, or A.D.H.D.?
The 73-year-old widow came to see Dr. David Goodman, an assistant professor in the psychiatry and behavioral sciences department at…
Study Offers Support for Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS It is among the most delicate and difficult dilemmas in medicine: Should a pregnant woman who has received a…
Hearing Loss Costs Far More Than Ability to Hear
“So much of what makes us human is social contact, interaction with other human beings. When that’s cut off, it comes with a very high cost.”
2 New Drugs Prove More Effective Against Kidney Cancer, Studies Find
New studies of two drugs, showing that each works better than the standard treatment for advanced kidney cancer, should lead to changes in patient care, researchers said on Friday.
The New Old Age: Near the End, It’s Best to Be ‘Friended’
Elizabeth Evans, 88, needs to decide who will be her health care proxy should she become incapacitated. The unconscious man…