Answering the question of when consciousness emerges is deeply tied to the mystery of what it actually is and how it can be ...

Jeffrey Lawson was born prematurely in February 1985. Shortly afterward, the newborn had to undergo heart surgery without anesthesia. After Jeffrey Lawson’s death, his mother was told that her son had ...

Lundberg C waves have an amplitude up to 20 mmHg and a frequency of 4–8 per minute, and may be seen in the normal ICP waveform or superimposed on other plateau waves with higher amplitudes. [12 ...

Brain death determination sits at the fraught intersection of critical-care medicine, ethics, and organ-donation logistics. Missteps risk either prolonging mechanical support with no prospect of ...

The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said. April Newkirk told WXIA-TV that 31-year ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said. April Newkirk told WXIA-TV ...

Adriana Smith, who was declared brain-dead, delivered her baby months after doctors cited Georgia’s strict abortion law to keep her on life support, her family says.

Adriana Smith, who was declared brain dead in February when she was nine weeks pregnant and kept on life support due to Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, had her baby delivered via emergency ...

The family of a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, says her baby boy has been born. There was national concern over whether the baby of Adriana Smith, the ...

ATLANTA — The baby of a woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead and has been on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother said. April Newkirk told WXIA-TV ...