Neurological disease, from Alzheimer's disease to stroke and epilepsy, can impact a person's life in many ways. It can alter ...

From Ikere-Ekiti where I am on sabbatical appointment, I spent the December holiday in my jungle village, Ikot Ide, Akwa Ibom State.

With power gone for over a week in northeast Galway, vulnerable people such as Rory Comer have been left suffering the worst impacts of Storm Éowyn. Since October, the 28-year-old has been receiving ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou wants to split an "end of life" bill to separate the issue of "active assistance in ...

Martin Griffiths, 25, from Boston, Lincolnshire, was leading a healthy life when he began having severe headaches, which turned out to be an extremely rare illness ...

The head of an Ontario agency responsible for delivering and coordinating medical supplies needed for home and palliative care has been fired in the wake of critical shortages, Global News can ...

Here are some of the possible advantages and disadvantages of hospice care to consider. Palliative care and hospice care are both intended for those with serious illness, but there are differences ...

Psilocybin in Palliative Care The work of the late Roland Griffiths ... compared patients’ psychedelic experiences with near-death experiences not drug-related and found notable similarities ...

Palliative care isn’t always a part of just end-of-life care. It can be used at any point to improve your quality of life — but it cannot cure an illness. Palliative chemotherapy may be used ...

Cara L. McDermott, PharmD, PhD, Study Lead Author and Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, School of Medicine, Duke University The study examined data from a single ...

This has brought challenges. Care of the dying did not begin with palliative care. Traditions of caring for the seriously ill and grieving have existed for as long as humans have lived. The ...

The Comfort Choir waits outside the hospital room to find out what they’ll sing. It could be a folk song, a favourite hymn or a catchy musical theatre tune. They hope the patient is well enough ...