When it comes to end of life directives, Catholics would do well to read about the current protocols surrounding organ donation and the recent bioethics discussion surrounding brain death. Father Anth ...

Many Americans are dying while waiting for a new heart, lung or liver. In all three cases, demand exceeds supply. It’s hard to imagine the desperation of living with a ticking clock and not knowing ...

In the old days, a person was considered dead when the heart stopped. Then, in 1968, a group of Harvard professors decided that people could also be considered dead when the brain stopped. Now, three ...

Diverse team of doctors consult on a TV screen showing MRI scan with brain images. [iStock Photos] A person declared brain-dead does not recover or wake up—they eventually die, according to medical ...

ATLANTA -- Adriana Smith, a 31-year-old Georgia nurse and mother, was just eight weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead in February after suffering a medical condition. However, the family ...

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The baby's mother was kept on life support for 54 days. — -- The baby who was born to a brain-dead woman on life support has finally left the hospital and is now in his new home with his maternal ...

The way Jahi McMath's mom takes care of her will warm your heart. — -- Nailah Winkfield said she will never forget giving her teenage daughter permission to die as she lay motionless and on a ...

Surgeons at Duke University have resuscitated a 'dead' heart on the operating table after it stopped beating for more than five minutes. The organ was later transplanted into the chest of a ...