A fund set up to support patients who are receiving end of life care and their loved ones has reached £100,000.

Families will be part of the picture when a patient weighs end of life options. This is where financial considerations may kick in, says lawyer James Ward.

Eight-year-old Skylin from New Albany is set to celebrate Christmas at home after receiving a lifesaving heart transplant.

A terminally ill man was able to fulfil his dying wish to accompany his daughter down the aisle just six days before he died.

She volunteered in Zimbabwe in 2012 to help with hospice care and end-of-life care and it reinforced her belief that death is not a medical experience - it's a human one. It's a rite of passage that ...

Preventing or delaying the onset of end-stage kidney disease is vital. By implementing a results-driven, value-based approach ...

Birds, bees and final wishes — a new study says “now’s the time” for the other Big Talk with Mom and Dad: the one about what will occur when the ...

Hospice care focuses on quality of life when a person is at the end, emphasizing dignity and comfort during the final stages ...

Readers discuss the British vote on the issue and urge actions in the U.S. Also: Safeguarding our food; taxing cow burps in ...

Our bodies have several vital organs that quietly toil away to keep us functioning properly. Among these are the kidneys, two fist-sized organs that sit on either side of the spine below the ribs.

Scemblix resulted in better outcomes and fewer side effects compared to standard tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapies in ...

While 90% of adults recognize the importance of end-of-life conversations with their parents, half have yet to take the first ...