A new study from King's College London shows that off-label prescriptions of a common antidepressant doesn't help breathlessness in patients with respiratory disease—and may cause side effects.

Symptom Management: If managing symptoms such as pain, breathlessness, or fatigue becomes the primary focus, palliative care can offer specialized support to alleviate these issues.

Severe breathlessness in COVID patients with co-morbidities should be used as a signal for quicker referral for palliative care to help manage their symptoms sooner, new research has found.

Severe breathlessness in COVID patients with co-morbidities should be used as a signal for quicker referral for palliative care to help manage their symptoms sooner, new research has found.

The Breathlessness Clinic: A multidisciplinary subspecialty palliative care clinic serving traditionally underserved patient populations. Presented at: CHEST Annual Meeting; Oct. 6-9, 2024; Boston.

For older heart patients, palliative care addresses physical symptoms such as pain, breathlessness and fatigue, while also offering emotional and spiritual support.

The Friarage Hospital's specialist palliative care team is trialing the DR.VR headset to help patients manage pain, breathlessness, and anxiety.

SINGAPORE – While the vast majority of Singaporeans correctly identify palliative care as relieving the suffering of people with a serious illness, a recent survey found that many still mistake ...

Palliative care articles from across Nature Portfolio Palliative care is the set of medical interventions to alleviate symptoms, most frequently pain, associated with a medical condition.

Conserve Your Energy Lung cancer and its treatments and breathlessness can leave you with lingering tiredness. Most people with lung cancer -- 90%, studies show -- feel fatigue.

Early referral to palliative care leads to quickly improved COVID-19 symptoms and may increase survival and quality of life, a new study finds. Evidence points to severe breathlessness as a ...