Palliative care options for managing symptoms of bile duct cancer include biliary stenting or bypass, radiofrequency ablation, and photodynamic therapy.
A national nonprofit organization is speaking out about a federal lawsuit filed last week against California officials, challenging the state s End of Life Option Act. The plaintiffs claim that the revised law, which took effect last year, discriminates against people with disabilities by violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. CEO of the group Compassion & Choices, Kim Callinan, pointed out that a disability alone doesn t qualify a person for medical aid in dying. .
A new effort is underway in Georgia to improve mental health support for veterans and their loved ones, as Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill aimed at addressing high suicide rates among veterans. The latest national Veterans Affairs data cite more than 6,000 veteran suicides in 2020. .
By Shelby Harris for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for North Carolina News Service Service for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration Two summers ago, Lee Berger sat in her Macon County, N.C., home hunched over a laptop - pulling the small computer closer to her face. It was Berger s first telehealth appointment, a routine check-up with her primary care physician, and she couldn t hear what the doctor was saying. Berger thought about telling the doctor to speak up, but then she remembered her house, fastened at the end of a 17-house subdivision in the small town of Franklin, doesn t often invite steady internet connection. .