23Jan/14

Brain Death Woman's Fetus is 'Distinctly Abnormal' – Guardian Liberty Voice


Guardian Liberty Voice

Brain Death Woman’s Fetus is ‘Distinctly Abnormal’
Guardian Liberty Voice
Brain Death Woman’s Foetus is ‘Distinctly Abnormal’ The ongoing case of Marlise Munoz, the pregnant Texas woman being kept on life support after brain death, took a tragic turn yesterday with the release of medical records by attorneys acting on her 
Even in Death, Abortion Politics Never Goes AwayNew Yorker (blog)
Laws about life and deathThe Economist
Attorneys: Brain-Dead Woman’s Fetus ‘Abnormal’ABC News
Latinos Post
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23Jan/14

'Vegetative state,' not 'brain death' concept least understandable, quiz … – ModernHealthcare.com (blog)

‘Vegetative state,’ not ‘brain death‘ concept least understandable, quiz
ModernHealthcare.com (blog)
Experts interviewed about two brain-dead patients being kept alive amid legal battles told Modern Healthcare that physicians and hospital leaders may not have a firm grasp on the terms commonly used to describe disorders of consciousness. So we created 

23Jan/14

Researchers Develop Risk Calculator to Predict Survival in Heart Failure Patients – Science Daily (press release)

Researchers Develop Risk Calculator to Predict Survival in Heart Failure Patients
Science Daily (press release)
Jan. 22, 2014 — A UCLA team has developed an easy-to-use “risk calculator” that helps predict heart failure patients’ chances of survival for up to five years and assists doctors in determining whether more or less aggressive treatment is appropriate.

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23Jan/14

New easy-to-use risk calculator helps predict heart failure patients' chances … – News-Medical.net

New easy-to-use risk calculator helps predict heart failure patients’ chances
News-Medical.net
A UCLA team has developed an easy-to-use “risk calculator” that helps predict heart failure patients’ chances of survival for up to five years and assists doctors in determining whether more or less aggressive treatment is appropriate. Given that heart

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