New research suggests the brain may stay active moments after the heart stops, triggering life recall and calm sensations ...

Dressed in a yellow hospital visitor’s jacket, the man steadies himself on crutches and enters the room where his son, ...

A new study explains why current brain theories fail to fully explain near-death experiences and consciousness.

A neuroscientist survey shows that 40 percent think it might be possible to preserve a human brain, potentially well enough ...

A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her ...

University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein ...

Four persons got a new lease of life with the family members of a 17-year-old girl at Payyavur in Kerala’s Kannur district, who was declared brain dead, donating her organs.

A 16-weeks pregnant woman is being kept alive on life support to save her unborn baby, despite being pronounced brain-dead by Ireland's leading neurosurgeons, reported the Irish Independent. The woman ...

Some scientific studies from brain research suggest that near death, there may be brief bursts of electrical activity in the brain and changes in neurochemicals.

Adriana Smith was declared brain dead in February and kept on life support for four months until she gave birth to her son, Chance, due to Georgia’s abortion ban Becca Longmire is a digital news ...

DUBLIN (AP) - A brain-dead pregnant woman was taken off life support Friday after a court ruled that her 18-week-old fetus was doomed to die - a case that exposed fear and confusion among doctors over ...