New research classifies the rise in home deaths as progress, but we need to look more closely at what these deaths look like.

Death is one of the most difficult topics to address. Most people prefer to avoid it, and hardly anyone knows the correct thing to say when the topic arises. One woman has shared a heartbreaking tale ...

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.

When someone is dying, Penny said that they can experience 'paranormal activities' - like visions and travel language. She said: "There are some psycho and biological changes and more paranormal ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

More People Are Now Dying From the Cold. A new study finds that deaths related to cold weather in the United States have risen in the past two decades. Listen to this article · 5:19 min Learn more.