In an early paper on why brain death is death, James Bernat, Charles Culver, and Bernard Gert (1981) argue that the irreversible loss of circulation and respiration serves as a criterion for ...

It's been a year since the Jahi McMath was declared brain dead. — -- A year after the tonsil surgery complication that led doctors to declare then-13-year-old Jahi McMath brain dead, she is still ...

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Diverse team of doctors consult on a TV screen showing MRI scan with brain images. [iStock Photos] A person declared brain-dead does not recover or wake up—they eventually die, according to medical ...

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Read full article: Mother of 10-year-old who died by suicide fights to make bullying a crime in Virginia ATLANTA – The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life ...

Georgia mom who was declared brain dead at eight weeks pregnant has given birth. The Georgia mom who was declared brain dead while pregnant has given birth via C-section to a premature baby boy who ...

The baby's mother was kept on life support for 54 days. — -- The baby who was born to a brain-dead woman on life support has finally left the hospital and is now in his new home with his maternal ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm ...

The family of a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina is grieving after he died from a brain-eating amoeba, according to a statement from their lawyer. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after developing an ...

The baby's grandmothers continue to advocate for his late mother's life. The newborn baby born under controversial circumstances to a brain-dead mother remains in the NICU. The child was born to ...