Common hospice drugs can increase risk of earlier death among patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Benzodiazepines ...

Medications commonly prescribed to ease dementia symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, and delirium — benzodiazepines and antipsychotics — may carry major unintended risks for people with dementia ...

Jimmy Carter spent nearly two years in hospice care before his death. Hospice care is viewed by many people as end-of-life care to help those who need it spend the final weeks or months of life in ...

Death might not be a clear-cut event, as gamma brainwaves may persist even after other signs of life have ceased. Near-death experiences suggest the brain could launch a desperate effort to find ...