family and friends medical and other carers other people in a similar situation who may feel pressured by the decision of this patient society in general Palliative care is physical, emotional and ...

Cowdray and Midhurst Palliative Care, who fund the Midhurst Macmillan Service, will work together not only to raise vital funds but also to increase awareness of the charity’s crucial palliative care ...

Researchers present a nuanced approach to defining clinical obesity as a chronic illness resulting from the effect of excess ...

Sara, the district nurse team leader at NHS Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, said: "As a district nurse involved in palliative care, I've witnessed firsthand the profound impact that ...

What are we doing to support professionals? In order to ensure that they have the right guidance to support their patients a Palliative Care Clinical Practice Summary has been developed covering the ...

In what ways could it change clinical care? Wen: I think it’s good to be more precise about defining obesity. On a population level, it may be more convenient to measure BMI for the purpose of ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

Obesity isn’t just a disease of excess weight, Osborn said, but a "systemic metabolic disorder requiring nuanced and individualized care." The condition is better measured by looking at factors ...

Check a dictionary and it seems that coercion involves force, threats, physical pressure and compulsion. But the widespread ...

The extent to which newer, incretin-based drugs for obesity improve disease outcomes via weight loss versus the direct ...

including measuring body fat to diagnose obesity instead of BMI alone. The commission report also recommended that health care professionals conduct a further assessment to determine whether a ...