Right Neighborhood May Mean 90 Extra Minutes of Exercise a Week
2016-04-01
10-nation study shows those in activity-friendly urban areas walk a lot moreContinue Reading
Study Asks, What Is a ‘Good Death’?
2016-03-30
Discussions must go way beyond treatments and deal with the patient’s sense of peace, experts sayContinue Reading
Caregivers Often Give Up Necessities to Cover Alzheimer’s Costs
2016-03-30
Many skip food and health care, cut back work hours or quit jobs to care for loved ones, survey showsContinue Reading
Could a Low-Risk Surgery Help Your Chronic Heartburn?
2016-03-29
Death rate from procedure lower than previously reported, study findsContinue Reading
Cancer Patients Who Choose to Die at Home Live Longer: Study
2016-03-28
They and their families should make choice based on preference, researchers sayContinue Reading
Simple Steps Can Ease Care of Loved One With Alzheimer’s
2016-03-25
Limit their choices and distractions and always keep safety uppermost, expert advisesContinue Reading
FDA Wants Generic Narcotic Painkillers to Be Abuse-Deterrent
2016-03-24
One more step to combat the epidemic of potent painkiller abuseContinue Reading
Spare Dying Patients Electric Shocks From Heart Device, Docs Say
2016-03-24
Many unaware that implantable defibrillator can be turned off in final daysContinue Reading
Depression Tied to Worse Outcomes for Heart Patients
2016-03-23
Heart attack, early death more common in depressed patients, study suggestsContinue Reading
Antipsychotic Drugs Tied to Risk of Early Death in Parkinson’s Patients
2016-03-22
But it’s unclear whether the medications or the disease are the key factor; study only showed an associationContinue Reading