Anyone who has gone looking for solid information about NDEs
knows how difficult it can be to find. Now IANDS has an online answer. The most
powerful search tool about NDEs is being offered as a free benefit with
every IANDS membership at the Supporting and Professional levels or higher.
Near-death experiences continue to take worldwide center
stage as the discussion of mind-body issues heats up.
Major international media outlets have reported this past
week on a large new research study on NDEs being spearheaded by Dr. Sam Parnia from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, who is currently a Fellow at New York's Weill Cornell Medical Center. Time Magazine describes the study, called AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), in their current edition, which can be read at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080919/hl_time/whathappenswhenwedie.
During the past few years the worldwide press has seen a
virtual explosion of headlines claiming that a condition called "REM intrusion"
explains near-death experiences. The media's excitement makes it sound like a
final solution. However, the people who really know NDEs say, "Not so fast."
The International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS) is pleased to announce the release of the new expanded version of Near-Death Experiences: Index to the Periodical Literature through 2001. This updated tool is an invaluable tool for all NDE researchers as well as others interested in an in-depth investigation of NDE’s.
