02.24.2026
Clinical Alerts
02.24.2026
Stroke Now Ranks Fourth as a Leading Cause of Death in the US
Stroke is now the fourth leading cause of death among US adults, with one person dying about every 3 minutes, the latest data from the...
02.24.2026
Vocalization and Communication Pearls for Patients with Complex Airways
Patients with complex airways such as a tracheostomy or a laryngectomy stoma have unique communication barriers. Consequently, patients may feel isolated, or clinicians may underestimate...
01.22.2026
When First-Line Antiemetics Aren’t Enough: Considering Olanzapine in Palliative Care
When patients with advanced cancer come to our palliative care clinic, they’re often struggling with symptoms like weight loss, and nausea and vomiting—especially when they...
01.22.2026
‘Striking’ Impact of Hearing Aids on Dementia Risk
Hearing aid (HA) prescription was not associated with meaningful improvements in memory or executive function in older adults with moderate hearing loss, but was linked...
01.22.2026
Provider Assisted Death by Prescription in the U.S.: Parts I & II
Provider Assisted Death by Prescription (PAD-P) describes a provider prescribing a lethal medication to a competent, terminally ill patient who self-ingests it for the purpose...
12.16.2025
Supporting People Aging with HIV: What Palliative Care Clinicians Need to Know
There is a new generation of long-term survivors of HIV, those diagnosed before ART became available in 1996, who are now navigating the complex realities...
12.16.2025
Shingles Vaccination Linked to Slower Dementia Progression
Receipt of the shingles vaccine Zostavax may offer protective benefits against mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in cognitively healthy older adults and significantly slow disease progression...
12.16.2025
Radiation Dermatitis
Radiation dermatitis is a common side effect of radiation therapy. While significant dermatitis rarely results from lower dose radiotherapy (e.g. single fraction palliative radiotherapy), it...