Study Refutes Notion That Death Takes a Holiday
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Among health-care workers and relatives of the terminally ill, tales of patients who somehow &quot;held on&quot; past the holidays or birthdays are common.
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NEW YORK  - Men and women who've ever dealt  with unemployment may have a heightened risk of dying early,  particularly from suicide and injuries, a Swedish study  suggests.
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A widespread belief that dying people are able to postpone death until after important dates is simply not true, according to a US study of cancer patients.
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Researchers singled out the deaths of more than 300,000 cancer patients, because deaths from cancer are usually more predictable and less sudden than those from heart attacks, strokes or other ailments.
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Terminally-ill cancer patients should not believe that they can put off dying to avoid missing significant events such as birthdays, weddings, or Christmas, say scientists.
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Death doesn&#39;t take many holidays. We were reminded of this persistence even as the recitals had begun of those sports figures we had lost in 2004: Ken Caminiti, Hal Epps, Elroy &quot;Crazy
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While it may seem strange, what happened to you in the womb may affect your suicide risk later in life. That&#39;s the conclusion of a study in the Sept.
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Researchers have some sobering news during this festive season: Americans are more likely to die on Christmas Day, the day after Christmas, and on New Year&#39;s Day than on any other day of the year.
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They still decrease our risk of dying, but the statistics are not all black and white. In fact, according to one researcher, seat belts may actually cause people to drive more recklessly
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NEW YORK  - Blacks are more likely than whites to want life-sustaining care at the end of life for an incurable illness or a serious physical or mental disability, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Most families of dementia patients who receive end-of-life care at a hospice are satisfied with the experience, a new study suggests.
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People who are depressed about their  cancer are no more likely to die than people who keep a  positive outlook, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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There is no truth in the belief that cancer patients can delay their death for important events, a study suggests.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- In all the excitement of the holidays, families can overlook the fact that the more frail and elderly among them are no longer able to take part in traditional holiday tasks, such as decorating or cooking.
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NEW YORK  - A study from Israel indicates that women who have had a stillborn child are at greater risk of dying over the subsequent decades than women who've had only live-born babies.
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NEW YORK  - Researchers analyzing more than a century of data have found no evidence that people are more likely to commit suicide in spring and summer due to the hotter weather.
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A new technique using radioactive dating is helping police pin down the approximate time of death of even badly decomposed bodies, a conference heard on Monday.