Every year, Bath & Body Works introduces a new scent that it hopes will break through during the shopping season. It doesn’t have to smell like gingerbread.

Urinary catheterization is a common procedure in the perioperative management of patients with hip fracture. However, decisions on its insertion or removal are often variable. This systematic review aimed to synthesize current evidence on urinary catheterization management in older patients with hip fracture by thoroughly reviewing the implementation of structured programs.

This cross-sectional study assesses the frequency, timing, and evolution of discussions and documented goals of care in the last 90 days of life among adolescents and young adults with cancer.

Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive fibroinflammatory disease primarily caused by a complex interplay of environmental and genetic risk factors. It might result in pancreatic exocrine and endocrine insufficiency, chronic pain, reduced quality of life, and increased mortality. The diagnosis is based on the presence of typical symptoms and multiple morphological manifestations of the pancreas, including pancreatic duct stones and strictures, parenchymal calcifications, and pseudocysts. Management of chronic pancreatitis consists of prevention and treatment of complications, requiring a multidisciplinary approach focusing on lifestyle modifications, exocrine insufficiency, nutritional status, bone health, endocrine insufficiency, pain management, and psychological care.

People are turning to psilocybin, ketamine and other treatments for palliative care.

Shared decision making takes time that most clinicians don’t have. So one medical team developed some shortcuts for eliciting essential input from patients with multiple complex problems.

The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?

For some, Christmas cookies are the best part of the holidays: chewy sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, easy gingerbread, shortbread and more. Discover more ideas for the big day in our Christmas ...

Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of ...

A little less than a decade ago, our local hospice and palliative care team decided to attempt what we called a “thickened liquid challenge.” This simple challenge was intended not as a mere one-off t...