Medics who usually have the least contact with dying patients – such as dermatologists- appear to be most in favour of legislation that would permit doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs.

Tales of nurses witnessing strange events are rife on the internet and the duo of Tobias and Emily Wayland have their own contribution. Please note the source is anonymous, which tends to be par for this site and its associate. As for real inquiry into all things surrounding near-death research, you know replicated and double-blinded […]

The Vatican doubled down on its opposition to euthanasia on Tuesday, calling it an “act of homicide” that can never be justified or tolerated. A new document, issued as more countries consider legalising euthanasia or assisted suicide, said legislators and politicians who support such laws are “accomplices”. Catholic healthcare workers must never give active or […]

Notorious gangster John Kinsella, 53, a gangland ‘fixer’, came in to help the former Liverpool and England midfielder when he was in trouble, a jury at Liverpool Crown Court was told.

Police said she pulled a second gun on her son's girlfriend

The British TV presenter, 58, made the admission on Loose Women on Tuesday, and said: ‘Because I love him I’d want to help him.’ Eamonn has said he would not want to live with dementia.

A 104-year-old Australian scientist on Thursday committed assisted suicide in Switzerland where he went to die after his home country denied him the right to seek help in taking his own life. David Goodall did not have a terminal illness but said his quality of life had deteriorated significantly and that he wanted to end […]

Herwig Czech, a historian of medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, made the discovery after looking at Asperger’s Nazi-era publications along with documents from Austrian archives.

While 1960s songs like “A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall,” “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Desolation Row” and “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” are considered among Bob Dylan’s best poetic epics, an obscure and often overlooked song (save for the most hardcore Dylan fans) is the 1986 Knocked Out Loaded track…

Retired college lecturer Noel Conway, 67, from Shrewsbury, wanted permission to bring a judicial review which could result in terminally ill adults ending their lives.