By Jan Hoffman — 2016
Two studies used psilocybin to see if the drug could reduce depression and anxiety in cancer patients. The results were striking.
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Studies of dying patients who seek a hastened death have shown that their reasons often go beyond physical ones like intractable pain or emotional ones like feeling hopeless.
If you have suddenly been put into the role of caregiver, what should you do—and how can you stay strong while you do it?
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When romantic partners are caregivers.
Keep these tips in mind when you’re trying to maintain a healthy relationship while one or both of you are living with chronic illness.
Here are a few tips to help guide you in supporting a loved one with a lifelong, debilitating illness.
Learn how to give patients and their families the support they need.
Information and conversation are key to facing the challenges of care
Research has shown that people with cancer need support from friends. You can make a big difference in the life of someone with cancer.
This is written for the person with advanced cancer, but it can be helpful to the people who care for, love, and support this person, too.
When a coworker is diagnosed with cancer, most people simply don’t know what to say. Speechless is the usual reaction.