USA pain by the numbers
In one of the largest population studies on pain to date, researchers with the National Institutes of Health estimate that nearly 40 million Americans experience severe pain and… read more.
In one of the largest population studies on pain to date, researchers with the National Institutes of Health estimate that nearly 40 million Americans experience severe pain and… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: People with terminal cancer often require palliative care in the late stages of their lives. This branch of medicine has long been lauded for the… read more.
by Christine Clark: The National Cancer Information Network (NCIN) was established to drive change and improve cancer outcomes. Analyses show large variations in practices and outcomes some of… read more.
When a nursing home patient is dying, aggressive interventions such as inserting a feeding tube or sending the patient to the emergency room can futilely exacerbate, rather than… read more.
German and UK citizens make up bulk of numbers; neurological diseases most common reason to end life. Citizens from Germany and the UK make up the bulk of… read more.
German and UK citizens make up bulk of numbers; neurological diseases most common reason to end life. Citizens from Germany and the UK make up the bulk of… read more.
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation partners with the American Cancer Society in Swaziland. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced a… read more.
A ground-breaking international collaborative survey, published today in Annals of Oncology, shows that more than half of the world’s population live in countries where regulations that aim to… read more.
Heinrich Schima, Vienna, Austria – In the last decades, ventricular-assist devices (VADs) – artificial hearts – have gone from pioneering experiments to offering a real alternative to heart… read more.
by Jamie Von Roenn, MD, and Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD – The call to integrate palliative care practices and principles into comprehensive cancer care, not as something… read more.
Advocates and pain management groups aired concerns recently over a citizen petition to change opioid labeling during the first of a 2-day FDA hearing.
Safe and effective – Researchers have found that tumour “separation surgery” followed by high-dose hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or high-dose single-fraction SRS is safe and effective in controlling… read more.
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