life-extending

• “U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis says some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31.”

  The Huffington Post: Cynthia Lummis: Estate Tax Rise Has Some In State Planning Death

• “CHEYENNE, Wyo. — U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis says some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31.”

  The Huffington Post: Cynthia Lummis: Estate Tax Rise Has Some In State Planning Death

• “These life-extending drugs can have enormous ripple effects, Turnham says.”

  USA Today: Melanoma drugs help patients live longer

• “Both of these represent attempts to manage the practice of medicine in the United States from the top down, in a manner that might cut costs but in a spectacularly heavy-handed way, by denying people life-extending treatments.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Fog of Mediscare

• “People in Scotland and Wales will want to know why their chances of accessing a life-extending cancer drug are so much lower than their neighbours in England.”

  The Guardian: Cancer patients in England 'three times more likely to get key drugs'

• “What the commission is proposing is a less safe version of the highly controversial Oregon law, which sees the terminally ill offered drugs to kill themselves, but not expensive lifesaving and life-extending drugs," he said.”

  The Guardian: Assisted suicide should be legal, says major report to parliament

• “These results are both an important step toward making this life-extending potential treatment available to the prostate cancer community and a significant milestone for our company," David Hung , chief executive of Medivation, said in a press release.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Prostate Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Study

• “If I'm really lucky and someone comes up with a major life-extending breakthrough, 40 years.”

  Forbes: Other Comments

• “Pediatric palliative care can join forces with curative or life-extending care, helping to support decision-making, providing interventions to minimize symptoms causing discomfort, and facilitating care in the hospital or in the home.”

  Palliative care for physical, emotional needs of children, families

• “Three thousand miles off the coast of Chile, scientists discovered a substance in the soil on Easter Island that has life-extending properties.”

  The Huffington Post: Stephen Barrie, ND: Fountain of Youth Is Closer

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