Alzheimer's
Photos of My Dying Grandma’s Last Days
When Rachel Cox's grandmother was diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease, she picked up her camera to try and hold on to the last of their time together.
A New Drug Could Reduce the Effects of Alzheimer's by 30 Percent
An 18-month study of an antibody called solanezumab suggests that the drug could help more people who suffer from the disease live a longer life.
A Treatment for Alzheimer's Might Lie in the Brains of Hibernating Bears
When mammals emerge from hibernation, a protein called RBM3 helps to regenerate connections between dormant brain cells — a process which scientists have now been able to simulate in laboratory mice.
Here's Everything We Learned About Death in 2014
Bodies turned up in weird places, people had complicated feelings about suicide, and the circumstances of our eventual deaths became disturbingly clear.
'Exit Guides' Straddle the Line Between Freedom of Speech and Murder
An interview with Dr. Faye Girsh about her work helping people die well.
Is This What the UK Will Be Like When We Finally Cure Cancer?
When we finally elude a disease that has stalked us for as long as we've been on Earth, it makes sense to ask: what happens next? What happens when the average person lives to 100?