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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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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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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Sam Kim presents a persuasive choreographic metaphor for the loss of self.
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Sylvia Plath's daughter pleaded from the heart -- enough is enough.
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It may be time to stop defining death purely in medical terms, an academic argues.
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Once again, hope flickers in the Middle East. There are encouraging signs that the death of Yasser Arafat is breathing life into hopes of reviving the peace process that Arafat had abandoned.
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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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Retiring? Celebrate by jumping on the nearest treadmill. There's still time to save your body -- and mind -- from the ravages of old age.
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We're not rushing you to your grave but urging you to make it easier for your surviving loved ones.
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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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It appears that the news that we are killing ourselves with our garbage hasnât sunk in. Thatâs one reason âThe 11th Hourâ is such essential viewing.
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Here's some help for those between a rock and a hard place.
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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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Corporations and politicians are seeking new options for people leaving lifelong careers
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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You don't have to give blindly, hoping for the best.