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Hospice Improves Quality of Care in Patients With Dementia

A new study by researchers at UCSF and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that hospice patients with dementia are more likely to receive excellent care and have their anxiety and sadness managed than those not on hospice.

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Tubal Ligation No Better Than IUD at Preventing Pregnancy

When women's health researchers analyzed Medi-Cal data to see how two long-term contraceptives performed in the real world, they were surprised to find IUDs work at least as well as tubal ligation, while causing fewer side effects.

Hand holding a copper IUD contraceptive