Florida executed a man this week and is scheduled to put another to death this month, setting a modern-day record for the state and underscoring an unsettling trend for the nation. Michael Bell was ...

Most of the time, death is permanent — when someone's heart stops beating, it rarely starts again. But sometimes, first responders can help bring a person back from the dead even after their heart ...

In a few days, the second anniversary of my husband’s death will be here. We were together for 40 years. They weren’t easy years; he had many issues, both physical and mental. I was isolated because I ...

Thousands of near-death experiences show consistent patterns, including out-of-body awareness and feelings of peace. New brain studies reveal organized neural activity during cardiac arrest, matching ...

So what's the longest time that someone has been clinically dead and come back to life? Generally, spending more than 30 minutes "dead" and coming back without major brain damage is rare. But in some ...