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Are advance directives associated with better hospice care? |
Ache K, Harrold J, Harris P, Dougherty M, Casarett D. |
Advance Directives, Hospice Care, and Outcomes Background: Growing evidence suggests that advance directives (ADs) are associated with less aggressive treatments and better... |
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Improving the care of children with advanced cancer by using an electronic patient-reported feedback intervention: results from the PediQUEST randomized controlled trial. |
Wolfe J, Orellana L, Cook EF, et al. |
Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Care of Children with Advanced Cancer Background: 1,400 children who die annually from advanced cancer1 experience symptom-relat... |
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Collaborative care for depression and anxiety disorders in patients with recent cardiac events: the Management of Sadness and Anxiety in Cardiology (MOSAIC) randomized clinical trial. |
Huffman JC, Mastromauro CA, Beach SR, et al. |
Low-Intensity Intervention for Depression and Anxiety Disorders Background: After acute cardiac events, depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder (... |
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Association between hypogonadism, symptom burden, and survival in male patients with advanced cancer. |
Dev R, Hui D, Del Fabbro E, et al. |
Association Between Hypogonadism, Cancer Symptom Burden, and Survival Background: Two-thirds of male cancer patients exhibit low testosterone levels.1,2 In men with advanced can... |
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Restoring systemic GDF11 levels reverses age-related dysfunction in mouse skeletal muscle. |
Sinha M, Jang YC, Oh J, et al. |
Reversing Age-Related Decline of Skeletal Muscle Background: Regeneration of skeletal muscle after injury depends on the activity of satellite cells, a type of stem cell.1 Aged... |
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Balancing obligations: should written information about life-sustaining treatment be neutral? |
Xafis V, Wilkinson D, Gillam L, Sullivan J. |
Ethics of Written Information for Parents Regarding Children’s End-of-Life Care Background: Parents making medical decisions for seriously ill or dying children face co... |
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