Relatives and friends of a person who commits assisted suicide have a high rate of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, accordin...

The Oregon House of Representatives has approved a ban on the sale and marketing of suicide kits, a month after senators voted unanimously f...

Fifty-one people have died in the first full year under Washington state's Death with Dignity Act. Figures released by the state health ...

There is no human right to assisted suicide, the European Court of Human Rights has declared, in a unanimous verdict. The background to th...

A recent article in Time magazine highlights a rising number of suicides involving a parent and child in Hong Kong. These “filicide-suicides...

"New movie in theaters is literally saving lives. " "Teens see this film, they walk out and throw their razor blades away...

If assisted suicide is legalised most of the people who will die are disabled. And American disability advocates take a very dim view of it....

The state of Montana has become the third US jurisdiction to allow doctors to participate in assisted suicide. In a 4-3 decision, its Suprem...

Fears that Britain might introduce a euthanasia law have been mounting since September when the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starme...

Carolyn Friedman has written a piece on common myths about suicide. Here's what she has to say: Suicide remains a serious epidemic that ...

The assisted-suicide advocacy group Exit has found a way to fund its macabre activities. It has a pill to sell to help you end your life. He...

Last year a suicide epidemic swept through Japan. Hundreds of Japanese killed themselves by mixing ordinary household chemicals to create a ...

Greenland is the country with the world's highest suicide rate. The rate here is 24 times that seen in the United States. Even Japan—a n...

Almost exactly two years ago, Colin Wooltorton heard that his 26-year-old daughter, Kerrie, had killed herself by drinking a hideous poison,...

Colorfast mental snapshots of horror, a sense of overwhelming helplessness, sympathy and sometimes anger -- these are the aftershocks that e...

Posted by Tom McFeely Friday, August 14, 2009 11:30 AM Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks at a health-care reform town hall. (grassley.sena...

A year ago, when a doctor finally diagnosed the brain disease that had been making it harder for her to walk without falling, Rona Zelniker ...

If you are in a crisis and need help right away: Call this toll-free number, available 24 hours a day, every day: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). You...

Paris: Rémy Salvat was 23 years old and was sick from six years of a rare degenerative disease that pushing him to a state of total disabili...

Eye conditions that lead to visual impairment often have psychosocial and health consequences. A new report suggests visual impairment may b...