Just before it ceases functioning, the brain may make a last-ditch effort to find unresolved purpose or a reason to stay ...

Researchers have developed a model to explain the science of near-death experiences. Others have challenged it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Jenny Slate (as Nikki), Sissy Spacek (as Gail) and Michelle Williams (as Molly) in the FX series Dying for ...

End-of-life care nurse Julie McFadden has shared the 'beautiful' signs she witnesses in terminal patients, including visions ...

A bill allowing doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients with less than six months to live has cleared its first hurdle in the Virginia General Assembly.

Dying patients usually have all the emotional problems they have always had. The image of death growing up in front of them does not obliterate everything that went before. Money problems have not ...

New York will be the 13th state to allow terminally ill people to end their life, creating an unusual coalition in opposition ...

Liam McArthur says assisted dying should be available for people who are sound of mind but are living with a terminal illness.

Patients must be mentally capable adults with a terminal diagnosis and six-month prognosis. — Patients must be New York residents. — Requests must be voluntary and free from ...