Death and dying

Death and dying

• EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague

  An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human ... 

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  Vt. poised to allow lethal meds for terminally ill

  Vermont is poised to join three other states permitting doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients after the state ... 

• Belgian Nobel Prize winner de Duve dies at 95

  A Belgian university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of ... 

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  Irish court: No 'right to die' for paralyzed woman

  A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that ... 

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  Long-term care in aging US: Not for me, poll says

  We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll ... 

• Minn. charges tossed against right-to-die ex-head

  A Minnesota judge on Friday dismissed charges against the former head of a national right-to-die group accused in the death of an Apple Valley woman, ... 

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  Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states

  A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for ... 

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  Israeli astronaut's widow carries on after tragedy

  It's a day Israelis will never forget: Feb. 1, 2003, when national pride abruptly turned to national tragedy. People gathered around their TV screens ...