The family of a woman who was declared brain dead and kept alive so doctors could deliver her baby via C-section has issued ...

By law, donation and transplant groups can’t participate in the decision to end life support, and they’re not in the room ...

What happens to the human brain and body after death has remained a long-standing question. It’s intriguing to think about ...

It's rare for health providers to declare a person dead who is still alive, but it can be tricky with drowning victims. Their ...

Brain activity has been detected up to an hour after cardiac arrest, challenging long-held beliefs about when death truly ...

Doctors of Thanjavur Medical College Hospital said that Manikantan of Thirucherai in Kumbakonam taluk was hit by a train when ...

Brain stem is that part of the brain that connects the spinal cord with the “main” brain and contains areas that control ...

Recent advancements in organ procurement techniques to improve the quality of donated organs have given rise to normothermic ...

Death has always puzzled humans. We know the body slows, breathing changes, heartbeat weakens, limbs cool. But what does the brain do in those final moments? Recent scientific studies give us insight ...

Lizzie McGuire's Robert Carradine's cause of death was listed as 'sequelae of anoxic brain injury' after a battle with ...