Many patients, 65 years or younger, are still receiving aggressive cancer treatment in their final months of life despite Choosing Wisely recommendations encouraging symptom-directed palliative care.

Terminally ill patients who request that physicians make decisions for them get more aggressive end-of-life treatment, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The availability of more effective and less toxic anticancer agents has made it increasingly difficult for ...

While patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are routinely treated with chemotherapy and other cell-killing therapies, ...

A pioneering genetic treatment is saving lives where chemotherapy failed, offering new hope for children and adults with ...

Texas Children’s Hospital is facing $15,625 in penalties after a security officer was hospitalized in an attack, according to federal authorities. During the Nov. 10, 2022, attack, authorities said ...

Certain elderly women with ovarian cancer might benefit from aggressive treatment methods, a study recently published in Annals of Surgical Oncology found. The study analyzed a group of 148 patients ...

Patient aggression towards receptionists working in general practice is a "serious workplace safety concern," concludes a review of the available published evidence, published in the open access ...

While the research to find better medicines to treat dementia continues, a new study indicates that some of the best ways to treat the agitation dementia patients often exhibit may not involve ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Almost two years ago, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities across Tennessee rallied to support hospital staff and nurses working in medical facilities. People drive by ...

The treatment of CAD in patients with type 2 diabetes may need to be more aggressive compared with those without diabetes to reduce the risk for MI and other complications, according to an American ...

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center presented promising new data from two ongoing studies of ...