It’s the sound no one warns you about – but once you hear it, you never forget it. Known as the “death rattle,” the sound is a “biological lullaby” – a sign that within 23 hours, the body will fall ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Research conducted in Spain reveals that fear of death is more common among women than men. Additionally, the study concludes that parents' fear of death affects their children's perception of death.

Death rates fell for people with at least 16 years of education. Death rates rose for people with less than 12 years of education. Those trends add up to a rapidly widening gap in the death rate for ...

Heavy drinking is clearly bad for your health. But it’s long been questioned whether moderate drinking is also risky—and, if so, how risky, exactly. Health researchers have consistently found links ...

While the presidential candidates spar in debates and jump on gaffes, two possibly historic votes on November 6 will cut to the most primal issues: nothing less than death and love. In California, ...

VERO BEACH, Fla. — At our Let's Hear It events, we hear from so many of you, but in Jensen Beach, one woman's story caught us by surprise. I listened to a "death doula", or end-of-life doula, who ...