If you think you or a loved one needs hospice care, don’t wait too long to consult with a provider, writes Tom Zirpoli.

Hospice care aims to bring comfort, peace, and dignity to patients at the end of life. Yet for the growing number of ...

Question: How do you stop mourning the loss of what you miss in life? Because no matter how much I try to make life balanced, ...

When I think of patients who refuse treatment, I don't automatically assume they're uninformed,” says oncologist Samyukta ...

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Tucker Langford was diagnosed with a heart condition that left the 3-year-old hospitalized for 40 days this year after ...

Darren Bush, the owner of Rutabaga Paddlesports, surprised the outdoor community with his recent announcement that he plans ...

Friendship isn’t a tit-for-tat balance sheet, but that’s how researchers have traditionally defined it. New studies are refining the model to be less about transactions and truer to real life.

Palliative care and hospice professionals discuss what the process is like — and their insights may challenge what you think about dying. View Entire Post › ...

Here are stories from a cross-section of Americans - voters and officials - for whom COVID-19 is the driving force in Tuesday's election. Their stories underscore why the disease casts a long shadow ...

I think her loss is why I’m so fascinated with the logistics of death. I’m so scared of losing someone, of having to grieve ...