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.

SPRINGFIELD — When Dr. Mark Kenton does his daily rounds, he’s taking the pulse of Mercy Medical Center’s entire Department of Emergency Medicine. Kenton wants to know how many patients are there, how ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study published in Nature Communications provides a framework for researching whether earlier, model-guided treatment ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

De-escalation is an invaluable tool developed primarily to defuse hostile individuals and situations. In its original usage, the concept of de-escalation implies the existence of both verbal and ...