Brain-Dead

Is Death Reversible? Scientist Shows How ‘Brain Dead’ Patients Could Regenerate, Like Salamanders

Death is defined as the termination of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Brain death, the complete and irreversible loss of brain function (including involuntary activity necessary to ...

May 20, 2022BY Ira S. Pastor
Teen Struck by Van and Declared Braindead Miraculously Starts Breathing Just Before Doctors Pull Plug

A teen who suffered catastrophic head injuries after being struck by a van was declared brain-dead four days ...

April 9, 2021BY Louise Chambers
French Bus Driver Dies Following Brutal Assault Over Face Masks

A French bus driver has died in the hospital on Friday after being declared brain-dead following a severe ...

July 11, 2020BY Lorenz Duchamps
Czech Doctors Deliver Baby Girl 117 Days After Mother Declared Brain-Dead

In what has been hailed as a medical world first, doctors in the Czech Republic delivered a healthy ...

September 3, 2019BY Tom Ozimek
NY Woman Who Pulled Life Support of Brain-Dead Stranger Sues Hospital Over Name Mix-Up

A New York woman is suing the hospital where she kept vigil over her brain-dead brother before she ...

January 30, 2019BY Simon Veazey
Man Thought Nearly Brain-Dead Recovers and Leaves Hospital

OMAHA, Nebraska—A man whose children had decided to remove his breathing tubes has recovered and left an Omaha ...

January 6, 2019BY The Associated Press