http://goldbamboo.com/ Hospice News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a220704.html Increasing numbers of hospice programs and private insurance companies are allowing patients to receive medical treatments while participating in hospice care, the New York Times reports. Traditionally, patients who enter hospice programs must forgo additional medical care. [click link for full article] Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a220156.html Some people find that supportive hospice care may actually lengthen their lives, and that the doctors’ predictions of imminent demise may simply be wrong. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:33 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a220025.html New hospice programs give patients medical comfort while allowing for sophisticated medical treatments. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:56 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a217042.html In the months between the end of his extended hospice stay and his death, Art Buchwald was a living testimonial to the benefits of hospice care. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:51 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a220862.html Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) reintroduced the original version of legislation (HR 979) to create a "patients' bill of rights" before he returned to Georgia last week to receive hospice care, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The legislation -- originally authored in 1998 by Norwood, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. [click link for full article] Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:00 EST