Researchers in Japan have identified a striking new way immune cells strip DNA out of dying neighbors, a process they call ...

As people die, their brains are widely believed to stop working. However, near-death experiences are common across the world, and experiments have found that dying lab animals experience bursts of ...

How we die is a profoundly personal journey. As college students, we don't consider the topic of death frequently, let alone the process of dying. However, it is a universal theme that does not ...

During her three-year battle with breast cancer, my wife, Leslie, graciously endured multiple rounds of horrifically toxic treatment to eke out more time with our two young children. But after 18 ...

CRAFTSBURY, Vt. (AP) - What will my death look like? If that question causes anxiety or fear or confusion, Anne-Marie Keppel can help. Just as midwives and birth doulas help bring a new life into the ...

Many of doctor Leah McDonald’s friends have no idea why she chose the specialty she did. Of all the options available to her—emergency, surgery, dermatology, maybe pediatrics—she chose the one thing ...

Sandra came out of the homelike room where her dad lay, now comfortable, dying. He hadn’t eaten or drunk anything for several days now, and, although he was restless a day ago, he was now quite ...