India's brain death definition: Supreme Court reopens debate on medical protocols

A Supreme Court order has reignited the debate on defining brainstem death, prompting calls for scientific guidance. While ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Court bars VCU Health from administering brain death test on toddler

The Virginia Supreme Court denied a request Friday by the Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University Health System to perform tests to determine whether a 2-year-old is brain dead, according to ...

In the U.S., scientists are keeping human brains “alive” outside the body to test drugs for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and it’s reigniting the debate nobody wants ...

Scientists are using postmortem human brains to test new drugs. Discover how this breakthrough is changing medicine and ...
IFLScience

“We're Insisting That Brain Death Is Something That It Isn't” – How Do We Determine Death?

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Brain-dead: Doctors say rare for patients to recover

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 ...
Heartland

Controversial Brain Death Diagnoses Under Fire

A prominent recent case involved a 23-year-old Jamaican woman who admitted herself to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for elective surgery on July 30, 2024. In February, Amber Ebanks, a ...