What to Know About Managing COPD

VoteItUp - What to Know About Managing COPD:

Chronic lung diseases cause a great deal of inconvenient and distress for sufferers and their families. According to the National Emphysema Foundation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of disability and mortality in the U.S. About 30 million Americans are affected across all 50 states.

The Hidden Faces of Sepsis, What do They Tell Us? Focal Points for Improving Patient Outcome

The Hidden Faces of Sepsis, What do They Tell Us? Focal Points for Improving Patient Outcome. — GSA:

Idelette Nutma published by: ICU Management & Practice. 2017;17(3):182-4. 

Based on the patients’ perspective Nutma sheds light on the hidden faces of sepsis, calling for more expertise on sepsis sequelae. She also offers recommendations to improve recovery and outcome.

FYI-The Nashua Hospital responsible for my husbands death

FYI-The Nashua Hospital responsible for my husbands death misdiagnosed an aquaintance around the same time my husband was sick. He had all the same symptoms as my husband, weight loss, weakness etc. This Hospital ALSO told this man he was dying of lung cancer. Lucky for him he went to a Hospital in Manchester, NH. Guess what! He had an infection, NOT lung cancer, was treated and is very much alive and recovered! This Nashua Hospital is Sepsis central. If you cherish your life, steer clear!

Family Caregiver’s Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care

Family Caregiver’s Guide toHospice and Palliative Care 
Who decides about hospice care?

As the family caregiver, you and your family member are the ones
to decide about seeking hospice care. Many people find that it
helps to make this choice only after talking with other family
members, doctors, and caregivers. You must freely make the
choice – meaning that no one can force you to accept hospice
care. 
At one Nashua, NH Hospital you are unknowingly, illegally forced into Hospice/Palliative Care even though you refuse. Consent forms are "Supposed" to be signed. Not at this Hospital. You have no say!

Killing the Pain Not the Patient: Palliative Care vs Assisted Suicide

Killing the Pain Not the Patient: Palliative Care vs Assisted Suicide:
Some time ago an ad appeared in a medical journal promoting a new pain-killing drug. To emphasize that this new product could relieve pain without sleepiness or other side-effects, the ad began with a slogan: "Stop the pain. Not the patient."

"Let's be honest. Doctors commonly practice euthanasia now, under the guise of pain control. They give dying patients massive doses of morphine to suppress their breathing, and then call their death a mere 'side-effect.' They justify this hypocrisy by invoking an invention of Medieval theologians called 'the principle of double effect.' Sometimes they even sedate these patients into unconsciousness so they can starve them to death. This 'terminal sedation' is really slow euthanasia. It would be far more candid, as well as more humane, to practice euthanasia openly."

‘No place to put that baby.’ State takes more kids away from parents than it can handle

‘No place to put that baby.’ State takes more kids away from parents than it can handle. | AP /KPNS | Kentucky New Era:

FRANKFORT - Nearly all of the state’s child-welfare caseworkers say their workload is unmanageable — on average, it’s twice the recommended standard — even as the state of Kentucky removes more children from their parents every year because of abuse and neglect, according to a report released Thursday.

Petition · The American Patient Defense Union - A Union Of The Patient, By The Patient and For The Patient. · Change.org

Petition · The American Patient Defense Union - A Union Of The Patient, By The Patient and For The Patient. · Change.org:

"Unions empower individual Americans - isn't it time for the American patient to be empowered?"

This petition is your call to arms as a citizen or resident of the United States to build a union in defense of every patient in America - because that patient is, or could be, you or someone you love.