Half 'would help loved ones die'
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Nearly half of people would help terminally ill loved ones die if they were asked to, according to a survey.
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Â· 281,000 in need get no aid in life-sustaining tasks Â· Another 450,000 receive insufficient assistance
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Many of us think that the terminally ill can postpone their deaths so that they can see a relative, experience their last birthday or enjoy a special holiday - sadly, this is a myth, according to a new study.
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Tony Blair is being urged to use all his negotiating powers to end poor countries&#39; debt and double aid. Some 45m children will die needlessly before 2015 and aid budgets are half their 1960 levels, charity Oxfam says in a new report, Paying the Price.
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Experts debate whether people at the end of life should be able to take experimental drug treatments.
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Flood victims in the worst-hit parts of the country are so severely traumatised some consider suicide, it is claimed.
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NEW YORK  - Men and women who've ever dealt  with unemployment may have a heightened risk of dying early,  particularly from suicide and injuries, a Swedish study  suggests.
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More than two-thirds of Americans believe there are circumstances in which a patient should be allowed to die, but they are closely divided on whether it should be legal for a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their own lives by prescribing fatal drugs, a new AP-Ipsos poll finds.
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Families of soldiers who died at Deepcut and in Iraq unite to call for changes in how the army handles deaths.
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As many as half a million lives could be saved every year in Africa if governments combine their approach to tackle a rampant AIDS epidemic with measures to treat tuberculosis, health experts said on Tuesday.
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The family of a woman who died in a fire hours after leaving hospital say more should have been done to help her.
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Euthanasia proponent Dr. Jack Kevorkian, dubbed "Dr. Death" for assisting in some 130 suicides, vowed on Sunday he will no longer help people end their lives, even if they come to him in desperation.
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Doctors may have to take a more active  role in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with  terminal illnesses, a study suggested on Thursday.
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Ali Rmeity lies broken and bandaged on a hospital bed, wincing in pain. Three of his children and his parents are dead &#151; but he doesn't know all that yet. Doctors fear telling the 45-year-old now would be a bigger blow than he can sustain.
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Close relatives of cancer patients are often at substantially higher risk than the population at large of developing cancer themselves, a study of 32,000 cancer patients over nearly 50 years has revealed.
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Doctors say delivering specialist treatments to heart attack patients directly, not taking them to A&E, could save lives.
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Over half of those concerned about a strong family history of cancer are right to be, a study suggests.