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 ...
GammaTile treatment reduces tumor recurrence or death risk by over 50% compared to standard care in operable brain metastases. More than half of GammaTile-treated patients were free from tumor ...
Just before it ceases functioning, the brain may make a last-ditch effort to find unresolved purpose or a reason to stay alive.
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 ...