Traveling To Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism

Francine Milano, a 61-year-old ovarian cancer patient, traveled from Pennsylvania to Vermont seeking medical assistance in dying after her disease became incurable. While facing challenges and restrictions, she’s grateful for the control over her final days. However, she worries about the future and wishes more people had this option. __(“Approximately 94 words.”)

Deathbed Visions at the End: A Glimpse Between Life and Death

Recently we wrote about eye-opening incidents of terminal lucidity. Now, we’ll look at deathbed visions, which may open a similar window into unexplored reality. Death, the great unknown, often holds a certain fascination for people. For decades, people have shared…

What Dying Feels Like. This Is What We Know

It’s not many people’s favorite topic, but what dying feels like is worth knowing. We leave death out of view, making it a scary, lonely experience all of us must go through. But here is what we know so far….

Composting Human Bodies in New York Is Now Legal — But Not Quite Available Yet

Eggshells, apple cores and lawn trimmings aren’t the only things that can be composted — human bodies can be, too. When Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill in December legalizing human composting, New York became the sixth state to allow…

What Happens to You After You Die?

Death is a scary thing. It’s the great unknown. What happens when you die? Do you just cease to exist? Or is there something more? There are a lot of theories out there about what happens after you die. Some…

If You’re Worried About the Environment, Consider Being Composted When You Die

Would you rather be buried or cremated when you die? If you feel the way I do, the answer is neither. I cringe at the thought of my body burning up at well over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit or being pumped…

Getting a Prescription to Die Remains Tricky Even as Aid-in-Dying Bills Gain Momentum

Katheryn Houghton March 30, 2021 Linda Heim knew her dad didn’t plan to wait for the cancer to kill him. For decades, he’d lived in Montana, which they’d thought was one of the few places where terminally ill people could…

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A Bright Idea: Getting Right With Death Now

Getting right with death isn’t complicated. When they asked Buddha what he gained from meditation, he said losing fear of death. Is that all it takes? By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small I never feared death. As a…