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NPHI Expands its Membership by Welcoming Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State
News Release
Nov 13, 2023
The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation proudly announces the addition of Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State to its national membership of over 100 organizations...

How pharmacy deserts are putting the health of Black and Latino Americans at risk
STAT
Nov 10, 2023
As pharmacies shutter stores across the U.S., people in low-income and predominantly Black, Latino, and Indigenous neighborhoods are increasingly left in pharmacy deserts, without easy access to medications and other essentials...

Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment, despite little research or regulation
Associated Press/Florida Health News
Nov 7, 2023
As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy...

Psychedelic mushroom interest grows in Utah with center opening in Provo
KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City, UT)
Nov 2, 2023
While attempts to legalize psilocybin failed in Utah earlier this year, interest in the substance’s possible mental health benefits is currently growing and showing up in different ways along the Wasatch Front...
Can magic mushrooms help patients dying in hospice care?
Boston Globe
Nov 10, 2023
The small trial by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy program is the first to test synthetic psilocybin—the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms—in patients in hospice care, according to experts...

Home hospice ‘offers a better care experience’ than other hospice settings, report reveals
McKnight’s Home Care Daily
Nov 1, 2023
The newest hospice quality report found room for improvement in areas like dementia care and transparency to consumers, but it noted stronger overall performance among home-based hospice providers...


