Tag: Death/Dying

PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2019 - The faster fluid is removed using continuous dialysis from patients with failing kidneys, the higher ...

Bottom Line: Examining to what extent firearm ownership and accessibility may be associated with suicide risk among U.S Army soldiers ...

Credit: Image: ANU ANU and Uni of Melbourne Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one ...

PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2019 - The death rate from drug- and alcohol-related causes in people who've had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass ...

Credit: University of British Columbia An international team of researchers led by the University of British Columbia has made a ...

New Hastings Center project addresses foundational questions about end-of-life choices for people with dementia As the American population ages and ...

Bodily fluids from saliva to sweat may soon be tested using smartphonesCredit: Gabriel Cunnett Bodily fluids from saliva to sweat ...

Researchers encourage more conversation, better documentation of wishes COLUMBUS, Ohio - Careful documentation of a hospice patient's end-of-life wishes - ...

An in-home exercise program reduced subsequent falls in high-risk seniors by 36 per cent, according the results of a 12-month ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University physicians have found that vitamin D, if taken for at least three years, ...

People admitted to NHS hospitals with a cardiac arrest over the weekend do not face a higher risk of dying ...

Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according ...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Society for Clinical ...

A new study led by Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction shows that opioid-related overdose deaths involving another substance ...

Bottom Line: The popular Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" was controversial for its portrayal of the suicide of a 17-year-old ...

Research has documented the widespread availability of graphic images of self-harm, such as cuttings, on the photo-sharing platform Instagram. After ...

Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg A study that started in 1985 followed some 50 people who had become anorexic in ...

Despite potential for prolonging survival with treatment, one-third of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer do not see a medical oncologist, ...

Differences in mortality risk suggest the existence of sport-specific disease mechanisms Professional football players appear to have a somewhat elevated ...

Most of those overdosing haven't received prescription opioids recently, suggesting a need for more opioid use disorder screening and treatment ...