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A California hospice has found that its bereavement center and support groups have been successful in promoting hospice care and helping members of the public with grief after a loss.
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Racial and socioeconomic factors continue to play significant roles in breast cancer, according to the State of Breast Cancer Report, recently published by Susan G. Komen for the Cure in Dallas.
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Hospice leaders and other experts say that hospices can improve their ratio of minority staff and increase referrals among minority patients by making this a goal and implementing creative outreach programs.
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A 2004 study published in the Annals of Family Medicine analyzed when patients want a discussion about spirituality and what they want done with the information.
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A "near-miss" in which a nurse at a Pennsylvania hospital incorrectly placed a "do not resuscitate" (DNR) wristband on a patient has prompted an Ohio initiative aimed at implementing statewide standardization of colored wristbands.
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Harada and colleagues from Japan conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized multicenter trial of a low-dose oral contraceptive for the treatment of dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis.
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Among various agents that have been used to prevent preeclampsia, the ones that have attracted the greatest attention have been low-dose aspirin, calcium, and vitamins C and E.
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Diagnostic ultrasonography is one of the most frequently utilized adjuvant tools clinicians rely upon to make treatment recommendations for suspect adnexal pathology.
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Heat shock proteins have been of clinical interest in therapeutic vaccination based on their ability to induce significant T- and B-cell responses against microbial pathogens and tumor antigens.
