Alarm at proposal to scrap dead donor ruleBioEdge“Cardiac death” (DCD) could be reversible and “brain death” is not always verifiable. They realise that scrapping the “dead donor rule” (DDR) will seem ghoulish to the public. For this reason…

MedIndiaResearch: Shining a Light on Pupil ConstrictionMedIndiaGenerally, a doctor shines a bright light into an unconscious patient''s eye to check for brain death. The brain is alright if the pupil constricts because in mammals, the brain con…

Witness: Brisbon 'genuinely concerned' for baby's welfareThe Daily News JournalHain said the severe bleeding behind the child's eyes was the dead giveaway because that type of injury isn't seen in seizure patients. The doctor said K…

LifesiteShock: requiring death before organ donation is unnecessary, say expertsLifesiteThe doctors note that developing the criteria for so-called “brain death,” which is often used by doctors to declare death before organ donation, was an “ideo…

Recycling the trashSignOnSanDiego.comHaving struck gold with its long-running production of “Six Women With Brain Death” and last year's run of “Hairspray,” San Diego Repertory Theatre is once again mining the nation's lowest cultural d…

Shining a Light on Pupil ConstrictionNewswise (press release)Newswise — You've seen it on television: A doctor shines a bright light into an unconscious patient's eye to check for brain death. If the pupil constricts, the brain is OK, because…

Pune labourer overcomes grief, gives new life to othersDaily News & AnalysisThey did not even understand the meaning of brain death until approached by medical social workers at Ruby Hall Clinic. Vishal, who had a small motor machine repair shop in his…

gulfnews.comLifestyle diseases can add to expats' burdengulfnews.comIf the identification papers like driving licence have a provision to mark the willingness of the holder to donate his or her organs, the hospitals can do it immediately in the eve…

Toronto surgeon says we should take organs from donors before brain deathOpen File (blog)The old standard for surgeons looking to take organs from donor bodies was to wait until after brain death—the end of neurological activity—had set in. The pro…

27 Investigates: Life or death trafficWKYTAs firefighters, they're trained to know that a fire doubles in size every minute, but as medical professionals, they know once a patient's heart is stopped for four minutes, brain death begins. That ma…