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How psychedelics can help end-of-life patients
Psychedelic-based medications prove effective in reducing anxiety, pain and even fear of death in palliative care patients, according to existing ...
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Palliative care nurse reveals the worst illnesses you can die from
Nurse Julie McFadden reveals in a podcast which are the worst ways to die: from Lou Gehrig's disease or glioblastoma. ...
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Addicted to opioids, they are less likely to receive palliative care at the end of life
People with opioid use disorder are less likely to receive palliative care in the 90 days before death, according to ...
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Pain and depression: effective virtual reality in palliative care
Virtual reality can help people at the end of their lives feel better. THE ESSENTIAL Virtual reality involves using a ...
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What really happens when we die?
Dr. Kathryn Mannix, who has worked in palliative care for 30 years, explains what happens to the body when a ...
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End of life: in Great Britain, 1 in 5 elderly and sick patients do not wish to be resuscitated
According to this study conducted in a large British hospital, only one in five very ill elderly patients choose not ...
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End of life: what could the bill on active euthanasia change?
It is this Thursday, April 8 that the National Assembly must examine the bill for a "free and chosen end ...
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Therapeutic cannabis tested from 2020
As part of an experiment, the prescription of therapeutic cannabis will be possible in early 2020 for patients in "therapeutic ...
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COPD: a new score makes it possible to classify patients according to their risk of death
An American team has just developed new risk scores for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Their objective: to ...
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End of life: “The right to deep sedation until death is gradually being established”
The Igas drew up an initial assessment of the Claeys-Leonetti law on end of life. She considers that "the two ...
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Cancer. Palliative care for a better quality of life
A recent study published by Belgian researchers attests to the systematic usefulness of palliative care for people suffering from cancer. ...
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Advanced breast cancer: talking about death doesn’t kill
Talking about death, continuing treatment, the end of life is not synonymous with being silent and stopping everything. On the ...
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Palliative care: 14% of the world’s population benefit from it
Those excluded from palliative care live in low- and middle-income countries, and suffer from a lack of training of caregivers ...
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The Council of State confirms that a hospital can choose the treatments offered
The parents of a boy with leukemia demanded that doctors give him chemotherapy while the latter advocated palliative treatment. It ...
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Vincent Lambert: the doctors will have to resume the collegial procedure
The highest French court considers the suspension of the procedure to stop treatment illegal. Doctors from the Reims University Hospital ...
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Me, Minister of Health: “Research on end of life and palliative care will be helped”
Before the first round of the presidential election, 5 personalities project themselves as Minister of Health. Prof. Régis Aubry provides ...
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Marwa case: 300 people parade in Marseille
A march was organized this Saturday in support of the parents of Marwa, a brain-injured baby whose fate opposes the ...
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End of life: “Focusing everything on the comfort of the child”
INTERVIEW - The decision to stop caring for a child at the end of life can generate conflicts between caregivers ...
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Cancer: a routine test to assess the length of survival
Using a blood test, Japanese doctors were able to predict the survival time of cancer patients at the end of ...
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Vincent Lambert: justice confirms the guardianship of his wife
The Court of Cassation rejected this Thursday, December 8 the appeal of the parents of Vincent Lambert against the guardianship ...
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Marseille: a father refuses to stop treatment for his daughter
Mohamed Bouchenafa fights to prevent doctors from interrupting the care that keeps his daughter alive. He seized in summary the ...
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