Your Care

This is a type of care you may get if you have a serious illness. It helps ease or prevent many of the symptoms and side effects caused by your disease and your treatment. It isn't meant to cure your disease, but it improves the quality of your life. And it helps you cope.

If you or someone you love has reached the end of life, it's time to think about hospice care. This form of care provides comfort and support for a dying person and for their family. Hospice care isn't meant to treat or cure disease. It helps people die peacefully and with dignity.

If you have pain that lasts for more than six months, you have "chronic" pain. It's different from the temporary pain you feel when you hurt yourself. With chronic pain, you may not know why you are hurting. Your pain may affect your whole body and your mind, causing problems that ripple through every part of your life. But there is hope. Here are some tips to help you manage chronic pain.

If you're dealing with CRPS, you know how frustrating it can be. You hurt, and you don't know why. You feel like you should have healed by now, and no one can tell you why you aren't getting better. Although there's no cure for CRPS, there are things you can do to get some relief.