Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists ...

Although 98% of seniors 65 and over have health insurance, close to four million have unpaid medical bills, according to 2023 data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's because most ...

Despite opposition from Catholic leaders, multiple states and countries advanced legislation in 2025 to expand access to ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

My heart goes out to Brittany Maynard, who is dying of brain cancer and who wrote last week about her desire for what is often referred to as “death with dignity.” Yet while I have every sympathy for ...

Matthew Donnelly loved life. But Matthew Donnelly wanted to die. For the past thirty years, Matthew had conducted research on the use of X-rays. Now, skin cancer riddled his tortured body. He had lost ...

Becky Brown is a professional writer whose mission it is to empower readers. She tells stories that help people make smart, informed decisions about their health and lives. She’s covered everything ...

Assisted living communities can be a comfortable environment for older adults who need a little bit of help in their daily lives. Our research team vetted 17 national and regional assisted living ...

In recent years — especially since 2016 — several U.S. states have made moves to legalize the practice of physician-assisted suicide. To date, nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized ...

In Austria, a law legalizing assisted suicide passed in 2021 and took effect in 2022. Per the law, "adults who want to end their lives must produce a diagnosis and have confirmation that they are able ...

Physician-assisted death is when someone with a terminal illness requests a prescription for a lethal dose of medication. People may choose to die on their own terms to feel a sense of control over ...

Housing is provided by assisted living facilities to aging individuals with varying degrees of independence. Some residents can manage their own hygiene while nurses oversee their medications, while ...