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Suspended Animation Goes Primetime: Say Goodbye To Death As We Know It
Singularity Hub But advances in neuroscience, ideas about brain death, and the introduction of mechanical ventilators—with their ability to keep the heart pumping long after the brain had died—forced a society-wide reevaluation of terms. At issue were irreversible … |
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Suspended animation is about to make death political
Geek What precisely we mean when we say “actually die” is a bit of an open question these days; in a world where we can often be resuscitated after long periods of brain death, the noun “Death” is probably best defined as, “Any state of zero brain activity … |
After dramatic recovery, coma patient returns to TucsonKTAR.comSam Schmid made headlines worldwide when he came out of a week-long coma that had him near brain death in 2011. With the wiggle of two fingers the night after discussions of taking the then…
National Right to Life NewsDiagnosed as brain-death, man now back on basketball court and pursuing …National Right to Life NewsI have no doubt that someone has already passed this amazing story of recovery along to Nailah Winkfield, the mother of Jah…
People in Vegetative State May Have Active Minds: Are They Trapped?The Epoch TimesThese patients first appeared in the wake of the development of the artificial respirator during the 1950s in Denmark, an invention that redefined the end of life in term…
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‘Clinically dead’ for 26 minutes, Arizona woman regains life
Science Recorder Although 56 said that they had no recollection of those brief intervals of brain death, seven did—and four out of those seven remembered clear thoughts, sharp senses, and feelings of peace, harmony, and joy; along with the “Near-Death Experience” … |
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Temple Trauma Surgeon Trains Doctors To Talk About Brain Death
CBS Local PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A Temple trauma surgeon who also trains medical students to follow in her footsteps noticed that while students receive copious training on what brain death is, they aren’t necessarily taught how to explain brain death to a waiting … |
The Mind Readers: 3 Scientists Working to Save Those Trapped Between Life …Pacific StandardThese patients first appeared in the wake of the development of the artificial respirator during the 1950s in Denmark, an invention that redefined the end of l…
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How doctors talk about brain death
Newsworks.org What’s surprising is that despite the seemingly endless years of medical training, there is very little time devoted to teaching students and residents how to understand brain death, let alone how to communicate these concepts to patients in a … |
New StatesmanReading the minds of those trapped in their own bodies, unable to ask for helpNew StatesmanThese patients first appeared in the wake of the development of the artificial respirator during the 1950s in Denmark, an invention that redefined t…