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Remembering Dads Gone By

To help commemorate the day when we say thank you to fathers everywhere, we found several articles that are both…

6 years ago

Entering the Doorway of Death with Dina Taylor

One thing hospice nurse, Dina Taylor, has come to understand after 27 years of hospice work: Too often Americans are…

6 years ago

The Death of Learning – A Visit To One Of The US’s Last Surviving Anatomy And Pathology Museums

In a busy Boston neighborhood of honking delivery trucks, hard-hatted construction men and urban hospitals is the Harvard Medical School’s…

6 years ago

What’s the definition of death? A case in California has doctors baffled.

When are you dead but not really dead? The story of Jahi McMath, a 13-year-old from Oakland California who went…

6 years ago

Are Robot Morticians Just Around The Corner?

“So-called robot nannies are already a hit in Japan and China and are now beginning to appear stateside,” the article…

6 years ago

A Precious Story of Stillborn Babies

...follows the case of a mother in Lafourche Parish who did not know she was pregnant and gave birth to…

6 years ago

In These Tragic Times, Are There More Half-Staff Flags?

Yet in our turbulent times, just who is it that gets to decide when to raise the flag half-staff? And…

6 years ago

Just What The Heck is Holiday Heart?

The two weeks starting with Christmas have on average about 40,000 more natural deaths than the overall winter average. After…

6 years ago

Elephants Love Their Dead – Is That Why We Love Them?

Elephants are an issue that can cut across America’s political divide, but why? On the surface, the answer seems obvious.…

6 years ago

Why Do We Vote for Coroners? (And Why Call Them Coroners..?)

Just why do we elect coroners? And where did the practice originate? And why do we call them coroners? Digital…

6 years ago