Dr. Nisha Varadarajan spent 27 years as an emergency physician in Chennai, witnessing life and death up close. But nothing prepared her for the night she found herself on the other side of the ...

The family of a woman who was declared brain dead and kept alive so doctors could deliver her baby via C-section has issued an update. For those unfamiliar with the heartbreaking story, Adriana Smith, ...

Brain stem is that part of the brain that connects the spinal cord with the “main” brain and contains areas that control ...

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 metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, has been taken off of life support, according to her mother. April Newkirk, Smith's mom, told ...

The case of a pregnant woman who has been on life support in Georgia since she was declared brain dead three months ago has given rise to questions about fetal personhood and abortion laws. Adriana ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laws such as Georgia's LIFE Act can complicate ethical and legal decision-making in postmortem pregnancy. Darya Komarova/Moment ...

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 ...