USA – Thanks to younger Americans delaying having children and an exceptionally large group of Americans reaching mortality, the gap between births and deaths in the U.S. is the smallest it’s been in nearly four decades, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census.
NJ – At Kean University, students are dying (as it were) to get into Norma Bowe’s class “Death in Perspective,” which has sometimes carried a three-year waiting list. On one field trip to a local coroner’s office, Dr. Bowe’s students were shown three naked cadavers on metal tables.
USA – The impact of loneliness on early death is almost as strong as the impact of being poor, which increased the chances of dying early by 19%, research has found. People who feel consistently lonely have a 14% higher risk of premature death than those who don’t, a new study shows.
USA – Between 1996 and 1998, Bastienne Schmidt and her husband, Philippe Cheng, traveled throughout the USA photographing the services and ceremonies Americans use for the dead, hoping to “show some of the poetry of death and dying in America.”
TN – Before she died, Theresa and Raphael’s mother created a video message to comfort her children, remind them of her everlasting love, and assure them that everything is as it should be. It is one of four digital stories created as a UT College of Nursing pilot research project.
UK – I’ve been to a number of woodland funerals and am considering one myself. But are they really the best option? Going green allows an empowered response to death. The Natural Death Handbook is full of ideas of how to think outside the box
JAMESTOWN, NY — There have been 13 kids in the past two years whose deaths are directly related to high school #football. And yet there have been no fatalities at other levels. Experts point to several reasons. The death certificate of Damon Janes sketches a terrible story.
PORTLAND, OR – A new video released by supporters of the so-called Death With Dignity movement shows Brittany Maynard, on what would’ve been her 30th birthday, advocating for expanded right-to-die legislation around the United States.
USA – A video of a father singing The Beatles’ Blackbird to his dying newborn son has moved millions since going viral. Chris Picco, lost his 30-year-old wife Ashley Picco on Nov. 8 after an emergency C-section to save their unborn son Lennon who passed away a few days later.
IRELAND – The break in traditional mourning habits, where young people grieve online rather than at the graveside, is a phenomenon that can lead to trauma for the mourner if the posthumous digital profile is taken down, according to Dr Elaine Kasket.
