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While both palliative and hospice care provide comfort care for those suffering from advanced illnesses, they differ in the overall outcome. The purpose of hospice care is to manage the symptoms of a patient’s disease but has no curative intent. Palliative care, on the other hand, is comfort care that […]

Understanding the Similarities and Differences Between Palliative and Hospice Care

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Following heart disease, cancer is the second leading cause of death in America. Simply put, cancer is when the body’s cells continually divide and spread into the surrounding tissue. Instead of dying and being replaced by new cells, cancerous cells survive, and the new cells form in excess; when the […]

The Most Common Signs of Various Cancers

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According to the American Cancer Society, one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with some sort of cancer during their lifetime. The odds that somebody you know, whether friends or family or even you, may get cancer. To make matters worse, cancer induces high medical expenses. Sixty-percent […]

The Best Type of Cancer Plan

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