MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hospice cancer'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:34:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808792&cid=t_382084_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmetastatic-liver-cancer%2F%7E3%2FMRZqzpXj2wc%2F Please comment to give Kath-e a hug: being a metastatic liver cancer patient with primary non hodgkins lymphoma, she organized and shares her hospice experience: Hi Kaht-e here: I’m in this for three months since my prognosis and a brief update… Things changed since 3 months: I’m on morphine all day long … Funny thing it [...] (Source: Metastatic liver cancer) Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808792 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:09:43 +0100 3808792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1184660&cid=t_382084_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fwhen-cancer-spreads-its-wings.html Cancer insidiously spreads itself into remote corners of the body, with greedy fingers reaching out where it is most unwanted. With unmatched stealth, it manages to send pieces of itself to distant organs through avenues of lymph or blood. And strangely enough, even if the cancer originated in the lungs, any distant metastasis will always show microscopic signs of its organ of origin if a scientist or doctor cares to check. So, if a brain cancer eventually lodges itself into the femur or spine, there are cellular markers that will actually brand that metastasis as originating in the brain. It's like a postmark by the cancer post office which delivers nauseating information of its original port of entry.As the cancer nudges its way into various body systems and organs, it chokes off blood s... Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1184660 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:17:00 +0100 1184660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=587328&cid=t_382084_116_f&fid=34686&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pallimed.org%2F2007%2F05%2Fhospiceblog-hurwitz-update-lying-chemo.html 1) If you have not gone over to see HospiceGuy and his HospiceBlog (www.hospiceblog.org) you are missing out on some great posts. HospiceGuy is on a roll with some insight about the role of the chaplain in hospice, the NHPCO conference, hospice leadership and a quick overview of the Medicare Wage Index for 2008. On the wage index, the NHPCO also has a 5 page announcement (members only) boiled down to the parts that you need to know about.2) The verdict is in on the case of Dr. Hurwitz and he was found guilty of:“knowingly and intentionally” distributing drugs “outside the bounds of medical practice” and engaging in drug trafficking “as conventionally understood”? (via NY Times)Many good overviews below so I will not go into detail here but at least read one of these links becau... Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=587328 Thu, 03 May 2007 15:25:00 +0100 587328