Health Care Decisions

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Medicare plans to cover positron emission to...

Living wills don't work -- and can't work -- for their intended purpose of allowing people to say in advance how they would want to be treated if they became too sick to choose for themselves, a new study says.

The percentage of older Americans who go online jumped by 47 percent between 2000 and 2004, according to a February ...

This companion book to the PBS special of the same name offers a storehouse of practical advice for caregivers.

Before Terri Schiavo there was Nancy Cruzan. The story of the first right-to-die case to be heard by the Supreme Court has been turned into a spellbinding book that few will be able to put down.

Americans are flooding attorneys and nonprofit organizations with requests for living wills, spurred on by the legal battle in Florida over the life of Terri Schiav.

For those thinking of joining the growing ranks of professional geriatric caregivers, the Handbook of Geriatric Care Management is probably a 'must have' volume.

Bookstore shelves are bursting with titles to help the elderly and their families cope with the legal decisions that confront them. ElderLawAnswers.com reviews three of the best reference works we've found so far.

Thousands of US patients have discovered dramatic savings can be achieved by purchasing medications from pharmacies in Canada, where the government controls drug prices. But is it legal for Americans to do this? ...