It’s unclear if the otherwise healthy doctor fell and hit his head. Regardless, his medical condition became precarious.

A new study explains why current brain theories fail to fully explain near-death experiences and consciousness.

They were at death’s door and opened a window to a whole new world. About 15% of severely ill patients report enduring a near-death experience (NDE), which may mean having an overwhelming out-of-body ...

An ambitious effort to create a neurophysiological paradigm to explain near-death experiences has failed to capture many ...

Some people start the new year by finally scheduling doctor’s appointments they put off during the holidays. For one ...

Across cultures, religions, and centuries, people who come close to death often report strikingly similar experiences. They ...

Mercedes Somich was on the operating table when she said she left her body. It was the 24-year-old’s first pregnancy, and her labor had already been painful and dramatic. But then she needed an ...

It’s one of humanity’s most enduring mysteries: What happens when we die? Now, a new scientific investigation has taken us a step closer to understanding what may lie beyond the grave, the Daily Mail ...

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