A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit
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Modern medicine can keep people alive into their 9th and 10th decades, but a growing number of these people are asking why.
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I knew this was going to be heavy when I saw the title, and it sure was. Heart disease is serious, but you can live with it, as I've found out. I had bypass surgery in 2002, and I'm still here. You can also quit smoking, it's easy when you have motivation.   Om, when you're feeling better let's go for a walk.  Dave
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You don't have to give blindly, hoping for the best.
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Campaigners calls for urgent government action to ensure everyone with a terminal illness can access hospice care.
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COMMENTO                                          La morte del processo
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DEAR ABBY: I know you care about individuals taking steps each day to improve the quality of their lives. Please help me spread the word about improving the health of millions of Americans.
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As a person living with HIV for 18 years, I was pleased to see an editorial taking the stand &quot;Global plague needs our commitment.
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Right-to-die issues receive a lot of attention, but less is known about those with A.L.S., or Lou Gehrig's disease, who want to live.
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In an interview, Jack Kevorkian says he will no longer advise terminally ill people how to die. But he still combatively advocates physician-assisted suicide.
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As a dubious going-away gift to the good people of Oregon, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court&#39;s upholding of Oregon&#39;s Death with Dignity Act.
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A good man is hurting today and thereâs probably nothing that any of us can do for him. No amount of kind words and no amount of encouragement can serve as novocaine enough to dull the pain that Ron Zook is feeling.
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Rejection might not mean the end of the road for this cancer treatment.
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A terminal leukemia patient must have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive. Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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Conventional wisdom suggests that dying patients will cling to life if a holiday, such as Christmas, a birthday or a cherished anniversary is near.
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Last May, David Blunkett described how he wanted his political career to come to a close. âYou know it will come to an end, and you want it to end with memories of having made a difference, of feeling satisfied.
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Advances in medical science have made transplant surgery a desired treatment for some serious diseases. Unfortunately, while the number of patients needing a transplant increases, the availability of donated organs remains small.