Dr. Maria Torroella Carney runs the Northwell Health Physician Partners Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine practice in New ...

A new study identified overlapping factors that affect your odds of developing these brain diseases late in life.

India's evolving public health system faces modern challenges, requiring a comprehensive approach to improve health outcomes ...

We were also concerned that vulnerable people - the elderly, lonely ... by the decision of this patient society in general Palliative care is physical, emotional and spiritual care for a dying ...

Just over a decade ago, the World Health Assembly unanimously resolved that palliative care is an ethical responsibility of health systems; however, access to palliative care remains abysmal in ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in adults despite recent scientific advancements.

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in March appointed Kristina Newport, MD, as chief medical officer for the organization. Dr. Newport currently serves as chief of palliative care ...

Berlin prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged a local palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients, saying that in some cases he had set fire to victims' apartments to cover his tracks.

Medicaid spends more than half its budget on medical and long-term care for frail, low-income older adults and younger people ...

Unless you have a plan in place, guess who might be making all the decisions about your prized possessions, or even your ...

A doctor in Berlin has been charged with murder over the deaths of 15 patients under palliative care, prosecutors said on Wednesday. He is also accused of trying to cover up the evidence by ...

A doctor in Berlin has been charged with murder over the deaths of 15 patients under palliative care, prosecutors said Wednesday. He is also accused of trying to cover up the evidence by starting ...