Did you know palliative care is an option at home? More than six million people in the U.S. could benefit from palliative care, and, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care, thousands ...

Whenever people think of at-home care, generally it’s tied to remote monitoring or at-home diagnostics or temporary hospital-at-home programs. But at-home care now includes palliative care. In this ...

For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey. Palliative care can be valuable at any stage of an illness. When people with cancer ...

Mona Bratter had trouble breathing after surgery in 2023 to treat her small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). But when her oncologist suggested palliative care to help manage her discomfort, she was hesitant. ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered Podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD’s Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. When someone you love is ...

Palliative care and hospice are two types of care offered to people with serious medical illnesses. Provided to anyone, at any stage, who is continuing curative treatments and would like support ...

Palliative care should be offered via home health, but not only through home health. This is according to Katie Wehri, vice president for ...

A new $3.3 million initiative launched in Singapore to extend early palliative support to dementia patients and their ...

Chemotherapy isn't always given with the same goal in mind. That distinction matters a great deal for patients trying to understand what to expect. "Standard, curative intent chemotherapy is given ...

Renowned Indigenous Chief Raoni Metuktire is receiving palliative care at home in the Brazilian heartland after being diagnosed with cancer at age 94, his institute said Monday.