A funeral director explains how the bodies of the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation in the United States.

A dream about someone dying can signal that something in your life is coming to an end, making way for something new. This could relate to personal growth, the end of a career, or a shift in personal ...

Bank accounts with named beneficiaries transfer directly to those people with just a death certificate and ID. Joint accounts with survivorship rights automatically belong to the surviving owner.

So what's the longest time that someone has been clinically dead and come back to life? Generally, spending more than 30 minutes "dead" and coming back without major brain damage is rare. But in some ...