Palliative care focuses on relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness such as cancer. It includes these aspects for people with cancer and for their families: pain and symptom management ...

When someone has a condition that is difficult or impossible to cure, treatment often focuses on relieving the symptoms and improving the person’s quality of life. This vital form of care is called ...

A new palliative care team at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, which launched as a pilot last year, has found a way to bring its services to more people with life-threatening illnesses.

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), a national organization based at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City, has a good explanation of palliative care. It is ...

When you have non-small -lung cancer (NSCLC), the disease and treatments for it can take a toll on how you feel. You may have pain, fatigue, nausea, anxiety, depression, and shortness of breath.

Both palliative and hospice care focus on improving quality of life. Palliative care is available at the time of diagnosis, but hospice care is only available near the end of life. There’s often ...

Alex* is a 4-year-old girl who loves music and her older brothers. Her mother and grandmother ensure her nails are always painted a bright color to match her vibrant personality, smiles, and laughs.

Increasing the uptake of palliative care may decrease the aggressiveness of end-of-life care, an analysis of ovarian cancer decedents suggested. Palliative care initiated earlier than 3 months before ...

Certain psychoactive substances can improve the mental health of terminally ill cancer patients—but few patients can ...

Only 14% of people who need palliative care actually receive it. You may receive palliative care alongside treatments designed to cure your illness. It is possible to be eligible for palliative care ...

Yael Schenker's research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, the National Palliative Care Research Center, PCORI, the American Cancer Society, AV Davis Foundation, and the McElhattan ...