Who is the demographic least prepared to die? Young people, right? Or is it single parents with young children? Maybe young single parents with young children. The short answer is that it is hard to know. At least, according to the largest collector of health information in North America. The Centers for Disease Control and …
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Has your doctor (or mother, or mother-in-law) ever told you that exercising will make you feel better? If so, what is the effect of exercise on cancer-related fatigue for patients during and after cancer treatment? When compared with patients that do not exercise during and after their cancer treatment, exercise decreases fatigue. The best evidence …
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I originally started this blog to provide some straight talk to readers on common issues that people encounter at the end of life. There is perhaps no more common a question that that posed by this reader, below. Dear Deadly, My uncle was recently admitted to hospital (as an aside, I’m not sure why the …
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According to a study of patients admitted to a large hospital in Ireland, 20% of patients at any given time were delirious. As a result, this is something that most doctors, at least those working in hospital, see every single day. It’s like seeing the ice-cream truck in Southern Carolina in the middle of July. …
In the times before the pandemic, my doctor friends and I would enjoy getting a beer after work. We got to discussing what the most common problems are that we deal with in hospitalized patients. Here were some of their responses: Shortness of breath Nausea Constipation Disagreements between family members Sending someone home despite safety …
Doctors don’t save lives, they just prolong them. Eventually, the process by which life renews – death – takes over. On the way there, many people start having more symptoms. You or a loved one have recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Let’s call your loved one Bill, and let’s call his particular terminal …