Death

A man recently died from exposure to liquid nitrogen, but how exactly can it kill?

The body keeps working to repair itself after death, according to a provocative new study that could offer insight into how we might put the crypt on hold.

It's a line you'll hear in almost any crime show after someone finds the body — the detective turns to the medical examiner and asks, "Time of death?"

The number of people in the U.S. who died from an overdose of the opioid painkiller fentanyl more than doubled in just a single year, according to a new report.

f you're In the hospital, the gender of your doctor may matter.

The rates at which people in the U.S die from different factors vary significantly among the regions of the country, according to a new study.

Legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died after falling in his home, but can falls signal poor health in older adults?

A woman in Italy recently died as a result of being bit by a spider related to the notorious brown recluse spider, according to a recent report of her case.

Overdose deaths from the opioid painkiller fentanyl — the same drug that killed the musician Prince — have increased sharply in a number of U.S. states.