Archive for November, 2008

Palliative Care vs. Hospice

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Palliative Care vs. Hospice

Image by denis collette via Flickr What is Palliative Care? It focuses on the relief of pain and other symptoms of serious illness. This is to provide the patient with the best quality of life and ease the suffering. Palliative Care vs… Continue reading »

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Preventing Dementia

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Preventing Dementia

Image by basykes via Flickr Lately it seems that more and more supposed “prevention cures” are being discovered to help stem the onset of dementia. I look at these with a cautious optimism, mostly because my mom did in fact do alot of what… Continue reading »

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The Last Lecture

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
The Last Lecture

Image via Wikipedi A few months ago, my husband and I were watching a news special featuring a Computer Science Instructor at the University of Virginia who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Let’s just say that by the end of the story, I was sobbing. My husband and… Continue reading »

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