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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has highlighted films on death and dying in recent years. BY DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org “End Game” has been nominated for the Oscar for best documentary short. The 40-minute short directed by Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman focuses on a handful of San Francisco Bay […]
LIFE MATTERS MEDIA STAFF Superheroes do exist. A Marvel fan has reportedly been granted his wish to see Avengers: Endgame before he dies. The Australian man, who said he is facing liver cancer and bone marrow failure, posted his dying wish on Reddit Jan. 5. He feared he would die before the film is released in April. After his request went […]
LIFE MATTERS MEDIA STAFF Kathy Griffin’s mother, Maggie Griffin, is suffering from dementia, the comedian announced Thursday on social media. “As heartbreaking as this is, I feel the need to share some important info about my mom Maggie,” the comedian posted on Instagram. “I’ve always been honest with you all, but this one is really hard. […]
DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org Indiana researchers hope that providing nursing homes with additional federal funding and in-house clinicians will significantly reduce the number of unnecessary hospitalizations vulnerable residents face. Researchers with the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Aging Research are testing whether providing nursing homes with increased Medicare payments will reduce disruptive and […]
BY DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org Michael Hebb never expected a train ride to change his life — or the lives of countless men and women across the globe. While on a train traveling from Portland to Seattle in 2012, Hebb spoke with two doctors in a dining car about the state of the American health […]