The Obama administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual...
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Agathe von Trapp [pictured above], the eldest daughter of the von Trapp family made famous in “The Sound of Music,” who took exception to the way...
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When a proposal to encourage end-of-life planning touched off a political storm over “death panels,” [it was] dropped it from legislation to...
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This week begins the celebration of the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah. Hanukkah is the celebration of two miracles that occurred in the year 167 BCE...
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Upon Jacob’s return from Haran, from his father-in-law Laban’s house, he realizes it is time to confront his brother Esau, whom he had...
Read moreNew Jersey Strikes Out Serving Cancer Patients
Study: N.J. cancer patients likelier to die in hospital: Cancer patients in New Jersey are more likely than patients elsewhere to spend their...
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