A person declared brain-dead does not recover or wake up—they eventually die, according to medical experts. Dr George Biketi, a general practitioner, explained that brain death is the complete and ...

In the end, the task force decided that a person could be declared dead when they had “sustained either irreversible ...

In the old days, a person was considered dead when the heart stopped. Then, in 1968, a group of Harvard professors decided that people could also be considered dead when the brain stopped. Now, three ...

A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months so far to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply ...

Most of the time, death is permanent — when someone's heart stops beating, it rarely starts again. But sometimes, first responders can help bring a person back from the dead even after their heart ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lindsey Breitwieser, Hollins University (THE CONVERSATION) Adriana Smith, a ...

For ages, people have shared incredible stories from the brink of death, accounts so vivid they often defy simple explanation ...

“Today” show host Sheinelle Jones is back on the air and detailed the loss of her husband to brain cancer. Uche Ojeh died in May at the age of 45 from an aggressive form of brain cancer called ...

The way Jahi McMath's mom takes care of her will warm your heart. — -- Nailah Winkfield said she will never forget giving her teenage daughter permission to die as she lay motionless and on a ...