Understanding brain deathThe Daily StarNow a days, we often hear the word brain death and some people become puzzled by it. Actually, brain death is same as death. Brain death occurs when a person no longer has any activity in their brain stem and no p…
NBC Bay Area |
Jahi McMath Family Cleared to Take Brain-Dead Teen From Hospital
NBC Bay Area The hospital has argued since before Christmas that Jahi’s brain death means she is legally dead and she should be disconnected from the ventilator that has kept her heart pumping for 3 1/2 weeks. Q&A: Jahi McMath’s Brain Death Ignites Difficult Debate. |
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Jahi McMath
ABC News The hospital has argued since before Christmas that Jahi’s brain death means she is legally dead and she should be disconnected from the ventilator. It also has refused to fit her with a feeding tube or a breathing tube that would help stabilize her … |
New York Times |
A Brain Is Dead, a Heart Beats On
New York Times “There’s no reported case of a correct diagnosis of brain death where anybody comes back,” he said. He added that while death occurs after an hour because of a lack of blood flowing into the brain, Jahi has not had blood flowing into her brain since at … |
New York Daily News |
Brain-dead girl can be removed from hospital
New York Daily News The hospital has argued since before Christmas that Jahi’s brain death means she is legally dead and she should be disconnected from the ventilator that has kept her heart pumping for 3-1/2 weeks. Winkfield, refusing to believe her daughter is dead as … |
Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Better understanding of ‘brain death‘ is needed
Minneapolis Star Tribune Recent news reports about a young California girl declared “brain-dead” brings these concerns to the fore. She was brought to a California hospital for routine surgery. What led to her death is unknown to us, but she was declared dead by brain death … Jahi McMath Family Cleared to Take Brain-Dead Teen From HospitalNBC Bay Area A Brain Is Dead, a Heart Beats OnNew York Times Move Considered for Girl Declared Brain DeadABC News New York Daily News –Worcester Telegram all 390 news articles » |
Mother Nature Network |
Is there life after brain death?
Mother Nature Network “It’s the last thing to go,” Greene-Chandos said. [10 Surprising Facts About the Brain]. In the United States and many other countries, a person is legally dead if he or she permanently loses all brain activity (brain death) or all breathing and … |
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What ‘Brain-Dead’ Means
WebMD “Typically, brain death starts with some sort of devastating neurologic injury,” Tawil says. “That can come in many different forms.” They include traumatic brain injury, a stroke caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, or if the heart has … |
ABC News |
Forceps Delivery Crushed Baby’s Skull, Caused Death, Family Alleges
ABC News Olivia Marie Coats lived for five days after her parents allege a forceps delivery crushed her little skull and caused brain death. Now, they have launched a Facebook campaign to stop the use of forceps in all births. Allen Coats, 25, and his fiancee … |
LiveScience.com |
Life After Brain Death: Is the Body Still ‘Alive’?
LiveScience.com A 13-year-old girl in California continues to be on a ventilator after being declared brain-dead by doctors. Although a brain-dead person is not legally alive, how much of the body will keep on working with the help of technology, and for how long … |