Austin Public Health looks at 10 years worth of mortality data by disease, gender and race in new chronic disease report.

Medically reviewed by Forest Miller, OTR/LMedically reviewed by Forest Miller, OTR/L As death approaches, it's thought that many people have an intuitive sense, or know, they are dying, even if ...

Nathaniel Dye, 39, has incurable bowel cancer with a prognosis of under a year. He wants to see assisted dying as an option when people are facing certain death ...

A full explanation for the conscious experiences of dying people remains elusive. But research increasingly paints a picture of death as an incredibly active and complex process—and, ...

Over on Quora, dying people have been answering the question: What is your advice for the living? Their brave, emotional, and profound answers will stick with you long after you read them.

Dusting is a term used to describe the trend of people inhaling computer keyboard dusting spray. Here's everything to know ...

I have a long-time friend who now is very old, homebound, and spends most of his time in bed. He probably has just months to live. Yet except for the times he’s in bad pain, he manages to be ...

A Billboard Saved Me from Dying from Lung Cancer — Before I Even Had Symptoms (Exclusive) Former public defender Denise Lee is spreading the word about a lung scan that saved her life — and ...

By 2050, the number of people with dementia will double in the U.S. to over 10.5 million and triple globally to over 150 million, the British medical journal The Lancet forecast in 2022.