Study: You can&#39;t put death on hold
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New research belies the pervasive belief that the dying can postpone the inevitable for a birthday or Christmas - granting death a holiday.
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MADISON, Wis. -- A new study is sure to put a damper on the holidays. It said Christmas is the deadliest day of the year. Researchers in California found that more Americans die from heart attacks and other
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Experts debate whether people at the end of life should be able to take experimental drug treatments.
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Heavily drinking -- or binging -- even intermittently, almost doubles a person&#39;s risk of dying after a heart attack, compared to that of a moderate drinker, according, to a first-of-its-kind study, reported at the American Heart Association&#39;s Scientific
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People under intense deadline pressure are six times more likely to have a heart attack than those who don&#39;t face such stress, Swedish researchers conclude from a new study.
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NEW YORK  - Families of patients who completed advance directives before their deaths tend to feel their loved ones received somewhat better end-of-life care, according to a new study. Nonetheless, there's still room for improvement.
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MONDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Among Americans living to the ripe old age of 100 and counting, it is the ability to delay the onset of disability, and not the onset of disease, that seems to secure a long life.
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NEW YORK The common perception that terminally ill people can hang on to life through important religious or personal days is more romance than reality, researchers reported Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study provide no evidence to support the notion that patients with cancer can influence the course or outcome of their cancer by making changes to improve their emotional well-being or, in particular, that psychotherapy can help them live longer.
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The common perception that terminally  ill people try to hang on until after a major event like their  birthday or a big holiday isn't true, according to a study  published on Tuesday.
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Life expectancy in the United States has increased to almost 78 years, the country's highest on record, amid a downturn in deaths from heart disease, cancer and stroke, according to new federal estimates published on Wednesday.
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Some people find that supportive hospice care may actually lengthen their lives, and that the doctorsâ predictions of imminent demise may simply be wrong.
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By Dan Vergano Scientists have inched closer to one day developing a drug that will extend the human life span. They're still not close, mind you, but closer.
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The pressure of meeting a work deadline can produce a sixfold increase in the risk of suffering a heart attack over the course of the following day.
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Scientists have identified a link between the brain and heart that can make a person die from too much excitement. About 20% of sudden deaths due to heart malfunction are thought to arise from emotional stress.
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Women who continue having children late in life may live longer than those who have their kids young, research finds. A team at Finland&#39;s University of Turku suggests women who raise a family late in life tend to die later.
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Do you face a tough daily ride to work, spend hours stuck in a traffic jam? If so, your health could be in danger according to a German medical study which lends new meaning to the concept of a &quot;killer commute.