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Redefining Death
MD News (press release) “There are a number of injury processes that take place and can lead to brain death, neurological injury and death before hospital discharge,” Dr. Abella says. “Hypothermia seems to attenuate these injuries, which include whole-body inflammation, brain … |
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Compound May Keep Survivors of Brain Aneurysms from Succumbing to Stroke
Science Daily (press release) This can lead to ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke, caused by a blockage of a blood vessel in the brain. Death or serious disability may result. The Johns Hopkins researchers say S-4-CPG keeps glutamate “in check,” prevents or reduces … |
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Tests in mice identify compound that may keep survivors of brain aneurysms …
Medical Xpress This can lead to ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke, caused by a blockage of a blood vessel in the brain. Death or serious disability may result. The Johns Hopkins researchers say S-4-CPG keeps glutamate “in check,” prevents or reduces … |
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Mandela Legacy Betrayed by Family and Country
Guardian Express Brain death is considered legal death in most countries, including South Africa. The SABC source was informed of Mandela’s passing by government officials, who also informed the SABC to suppress the story. It is important to keep in mind that the SABC … |
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Dad of Dodgers fan fatally stabbed in San Francisco calls for witnesses who …
Minneapolis Star Tribune SAN FRANCISCO — The father of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan stabbed to death after a San Francisco Giants game last week asked Sunday for witnesses who may have captured the fight on mobile devices to come forward and help both families find closure. |
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AP Newsbreak: Dad of fatally stabbed Dodgers fan calls for witnesses after …
Minneapolis Star Tribune SAN FRANCISCO — The father of a Dodgers fan fatally stabbed Wednesday during a melee following a Giants baseball game is planning to make a public plea for witnesses after San Francisco’s district attorney said he lacks evidence to charge a suspect … |
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You can live after Death
AOL Either the donor on death bed or his/her family (in case of brain death) needs to say a ‘yes’ for this to happen. So, if you want to donate your organs, convince your family to say yes. It’s required that this awareness spreads among the people so that … |
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Iannuzzi hopes donation of brain after death will aid concussion research
Yahoo! Canada Sports The B.C. Lions receiver hopes the commitment to donate his brain after death for medical research will lead to more knowledge about how football and other contact sports affect the vital organ — and help reduce concussions. “I’ve been living this life … |
ScientistPeculiar Brain Signals Found in ?Flat-Lined? PatientScientific AmericanThat includes most coma patients who have become unresponsive through some sort of traumatic event. For them, Amzica says, a flat line on the EEG probably represents true b…
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Death of the Brain Is Not the Death of the Human Being
Medscape As long as we continue to insist that patients must be dead before we take their organs for transplant (the “dead donor rule”), determining whether they are dead (or not) is of the utmost importance. But it is also quite difficult. The longer a medical … |