September 29, 2020

AHA News: After Grieving Mother's Death, Teen Commits to Helping Others

THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Ngoc Vuong had a wide circle of Vietnamese friends to play with in his neighborhood.

His parents had left Vietnam in the 1990s to build a new home in the U.S., making Vuong and his two older sisters first-generation Americans.

September 17, 2020

AHA News: Unpredictability of Advanced Heart Failure Complicates End-of-Life Care, Doctors Say

MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Some people with advanced heart failure live for a long time, while others don't. That uncertain timeline poses challenges for doctors, their patients and families dealing with end-of-life care.

"We've had quality indicators for cancer for many years, which have been used to make sure that end-of-life patients get high-quality care," said Dr. Rebecca Hutchinson, a hospice and palliative medicine specialist at Maine Medical Center in Portland. "With heart failure, we don't have those indicators."

September 2, 2020

Hearing Persists at End of Life, Brain Waves of Hospice Patients Show

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 26, 2020 -- Even if they appear unresponsive, dying people may still be able to hear.

That's the takeaway from a Canadian analysis of hospice patients in Vancouver.