If you or a loved one has a terminal illness, it may be time for hospice care, a type of palliative care that focuses on making you as comfortable as possible in your final phase of life.

From health care initiatives to public utilities, there's no shortage of bills that took effect at the start of the new year.

Palliative care and hospice professionals discuss what the process is like — and their insights may challenge what you think ...

A central metric in Dr. Goel's framework is VO2 Max, the measure of how much oxygen the body can use during exercise. Studies ...

"He said that during the war, he was an 'avenging angel' for the Lord. He told me he had killed 'more than 20' fellow ...

GeneDx , a leader in delivering improved health outcomes through genomic insights, today announced GenomeDx Prenataltm, whole genome sequencing (WGS) designed to deliver clear, reliable answers during ...

Something strange is happening with malnutrition. It’s by far the fastest-growing cause of death in America, soaring sixfold ...

A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed decades of ...

New York’s Medical Aid in Dying is often framed as compassion guided by medical expertise. But is the legislation prescribing ...

Expanding service lines in community oncology practices enhances patient experience and strengthens community ties, offering ...

On the other, the recipient lives in fear that the transplant will fail and endures the debilitating side effects of anti-rejection drugs, the juggling of interventions and alternate treatments ...