21Dec/13

Jahi McMath: Medicine's ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death … – San Jose Mercury News

Jahi McMath: Medicine’s ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death
San Jose Mercury News
In 1968, a Harvard University committee proposed adding “brain death” to “cardiac death” in end-of-life protocols. Two trends led to the broader definition: medicine’s ability to keep people on machines, even if they’d never regain mental function; and

21Dec/13

Half-Cow, Half-Machine Artificial Heart Implanted in First Human – Gizmodo India


Telegraph.co.uk

Half-Cow, Half-Machine Artificial Heart Implanted in First Human
Gizmodo India
This week, French surgeons implanted a Carmat artificial heart in a human patient for the very first time. The device, which combines mechanical components and heart tissue derived from cows, is the first artificial heart designed for long-term use up
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