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

My grandmother's death was painful and inhumane. A Kentucky House bill would give terminally ill patients the right to end ...

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

End-of-life care nurse Julie McFadden has shared the 'beautiful' signs she witnesses in terminal patients, including visions and 'big smiles' that often appear weeks before death ...

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

"Medical-aid-in-dying is not about giving up. It is about preserving autonomy, dignity and choice under the safest and ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an amended version of bill making NY the 13th state to legalize lethal pills for terminally ill ...

Medical professionals express concerns about the speed of MAID assessments ...

On February 6, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill legalizing medically assisted death, joining Illinois and 12 ...

A former patient of an Idaho program that sought to keep people with severe psychosis on their medication has died, providers ...

The state law will allow a terminally ill patient with six months or less to live to request medication to hasten death.