When family caregivers have access to respite services, it increases a palliative care patient’s chance of dying in the home by almost threefold. That is according to a July study published in BMC ...

Modern medicine can treat and cure countless health conditions, but it can’t always repair the quality-of-life impairments these conditions leave behind. Palliative care is a health care service ...

Palliative care enhances quality of life by managing symptoms and stress for patients with serious illnesses, distinct from hospice care focused on end-of-life comfort. It is appropriate at any ...

Palliative care is a whole-person approach to care that includes managing symptoms and side effects, psychosocial health, and spiritual concerns, for an overall improved quality of life. Palliative ...

Did you know palliative care is an option at home? More than six million people in the U.S. could benefit from palliative care, and, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care, thousands ...

Bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare cancer of the bile ducts. The bile ducts carry bile from the liver to the small intestine, where it helps in the digestion of the fats in ...

Early palliative care, palliative care integrated with oncology care early in the course of illness, has myriad benefits for patients and their caregivers, including improved quality of life, reduced ...

Palliative care, a type of healthcare for patients with life-threatening diseases, focuses on improving quality of life and managing pain. Unlike healthcare professionals who treat diseases or ...

For patients with a cancer diagnosis, early specialty palliative care is considered the standard of care. However, many patients with advanced cancer do not consistently receive specialty palliative ...

Initiating palliative care more than 3 months before death improves end-of-life outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer, highlighting the need for earlier interventions. Despite experiencing a ...