Death’s Riddle: Scientists Decipher the Brain’s Final Signals
Defining death from a neurological perspective is challenging. It’s not an exact moment of transition from life to death, but rather a process spanning several…
Defining death from a neurological perspective is challenging. It’s not an exact moment of transition from life to death, but rather a process spanning several…
An exploratory study has identified a worrying trend in England and Wales: an increasing number of people are being found deceased and decomposed. This study,…
After surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a brain injury expert is calling…
Researchers suggest it might serve as a broader indicator of medium-term survival. Elevated troponin levels —a protein normally used to exclude the possibility of a…
A Harvard study finds healthy eating patterns lower risk of premature death. Researchers discovered participants who followed at least one of four healthy eating patterns…
Detection of rhythmic brain waves suggestive of near-death experiences. Around 20% of people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest may describe lucid experiences…
Psychedelics may reduce the fear of dying and death, comparable to feelings reported by individuals who have had near-death experiences. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine…
A study finds that adults who exercised 150-600 minutes each week had the lowest risk of death. According to a recent study published in the…
A slowdown in mortality improvements among white Americans residing in Republican counties between 2001 and 2019 was a major factor in the rise in the…
According to a survey, more than 70% of doctors said they would administer antibiotics to treat asymptomatic bacteria found in urine tests, disobeying recommended guidelines…
Lower risk of death from all causes and from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, in particular. But no conclusive evidence that more than an hour…
Hospitalization for COVID-19 linked to greater risk of later readmission or death. Large study in England suggests need for increased monitoring of COVID-19 patients after…
Holding onto everyday items as keepsakes when a loved one dies was as commonplace in prehistory as it is today, a new study suggests. The…
COVID-19 has widened the life expectancy gap across racial groups and between the US and peer countries. U.S. life expectancy decreased by 1.87 years between…
New study finds fresh evidence for our inevitable death. A study led by Fernando Colchero, University of Southern Denmark, and Susan Alberts, Duke University, North…
Discrepancy driven primarily by an increase in death rates in middle-aged white people. Death rates among Black people remained highest overall, however, gap with those…
Black Americans experienced highest per capita excess death rates, while regional surges contributed to higher excess death rates from COVID-19 and other causes, a VCU-led…
Slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19, and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the…