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New Mexico Cancer Community Urges Support for Palliative Care Legislation to Improve Patient Quality of Life
... The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) backs legislation introduced today to highlight the critical need for palliative care programs, a growing field of specialized medical care that improves the quality of life of patients and their families by focusing on relief ... 173 will improve overall patient outcomes in two ways: 1. Establish a Quality of Life/Palliative Care Advisory Council that is made up of health care experts, patients advocate and family caregivers. The advisory group’s purpose is to raise awareness, availability and utilization ... about palliative care by creating the Viva la Vida statewide resource clearinghouse to increase awareness among patients, family caregivers and health care providers about palliative care and its benefits. “By supporting quality of life legislation, lawmakers have an opportunity to ensure ...
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Ensuring Childhood Cancer Patients Can Survive and Thrive
Each September, ACS CAN joins patients, survivors, caregivers and public health advocates to recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to elevate issues critical to the childhood cancer community. 15,000 children under ... a comprehensive bill that advances childhood cancer research and increases transparency and expertise for research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While these investments in research have led to improved treatments for certain types of childhood cancer, side effects of these ... suffering throughout their lifetime. To improve quality of life for childhood cancer patients and their families, pediatric palliative care can be provided by a coordinated team of doctors, nurses, social workers and child life specialists as a way to manage symptoms, improve ...
Cancer Summit Highlights Outstanding Need to Improve Patient Quality of Life
... feel fully supported. The fifth annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of New Mexico Cancer Summit will bring together leaders in health care, government and business to highlight the need for a Palliative Care Advisory Council comprised of state experts. In 2019, ACS CAN will ... practices. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It's provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals working together with the patient, their family and caregivers. The team works with the patient to control pain and other ...
$1.50 Tobacco Tax Tops Agenda at Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol
... smoking. The tobacco tax increase would also prevent 7,300 premature deaths due to smoking and save the state nearly $534 million in long-term health care costs due to smoking. “An increase in the tobacco tax is long overdue, especially since New Mexico’s current tax creates a loophole for ... raising the tobacco tax will save lives and money, and it should be a key issue this legislative session.” ACS CAN has joined other leading health organizations in New Mexico including the American Lung Association, American Heart Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to ...
New Mexico Advocates Rally in Support of Cancer Prevention Initiatives
... quitting. It also would generate approximately $30.74 million in new revenue for the state while saving New Mexico $461.51 million in long-term health care cost savings from smoking declines. The World Health Organization classifies indoor tanning devices as “carcinogenic to humans,” the same category as tobacco and asbestos. Using an indoor ...