A Tennessee bill seeks to expand the definition of what constitutes a “person” to begin at the point of fertilization.

Dax Shepard is detailing a harrowing near-death experience he had in high school that left him questioning if he was still ...

A growing number of professional institutions are seriously looking at questions involving consciousness and what happens to ...

A recent and highly disturbing New York Times article promoting the idea that doctors should expand the definition of death in order to harvest more organs is stirring up disgust and debate about ...

In science fiction movies like Frankenstein and Re-Animator, human bodies are revived, existing in a strange state between life and death. While this may seem like pure fantasy, a recent study ...

Objective To summarise studies describing incidence of sudden cardiac death in a general population of young individuals to inform screening policy. Design Systematic review. Data sources Database ...

From conclave to “Habemus papam,” here’s what to know about the words and phrases that guide the process after a pope dies. By Jonathan Wolfe The transition from one pope to the next can be a ...

Val Kilmer, the star of Batman Forever and Top Gun, has died at age 65. The actor passed away on Tuesday (April 1) in Los Angeles after a bout of pneumonia. Throughout his career, Kilmer worked with ...

A prominent recent case involved a 23-year-old Jamaican woman who admitted herself to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for elective surgery on July 30, 2024. In February, Amber Ebanks, a ...

This week, Dame Maggie Smith died at the age of 89. A celebrated actress, she was known for her iconic stage work as well as her performances in the Harry Potter films as Professor McGonagall and in ...

Disney is trying to have a widower's wrongful death lawsuit dismissed and sent to arbitration because the man had signed up for a Disney+ account several years ago. Jeffrey J. Piccolo sued Disney ...

It is uncertain which percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) success definitions should be used because there are no studies comparing the effects of these definitions on subsequent outcomes ...