That little blue star is packed with symbolism. Here's what it means—and what you need to know about ambulances that sport ...

I’ve seen just how deeply people are affected when asked to contemplate their future – or the future of someone they love.

Abstract. Objective: To perform a systematic review of the health economic evidence on the care of children and adolescents with complex clinical conditions, comparing groups included and not included ...

U.K. lawmakers have backed a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law ...

Objectives Medical futility at the end of life is a growing challenge to medicine. The goals of the authors were to elucidate how clinicians define futility, when they perceive life-sustaining ...

A HK$290 million (US$36.9 million) support project has been launched to provide end-of-life care to Hong Kong’s disabled residents, with organisers expressing hope that it will plug a critical ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.

Background Patients with end-of-life care (EoLC) needs present to the emergency departments (ED) frequently and at times, it can be difficult to provide a high standard of care. Within the Irish ...

Someone on Reddit was baffled by the list of laundry care symbols on their label. There was a 40 degrees washing symbol, a triangle with lines in, a tumble dryer, iron, the letter F in a circle ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A major step forward for cancer treatment in Southern Nevada. It saved the life of a Las Vegas mom diagnosed with blood cancer while pregnant with her third child.

Background Palliative and end-of-life care is a core competency for doctors and is increasingly recognised as a key clinical skill for junior doctors. There is a growing international movement to ...

Dear Annie: I’ve had dogs all my adult life, and I’ve always dreaded the moment they start to slow down. That fear of the inevitable was especially strong after my divorce, when I began living ...