The Supreme Court is hearing a plea alleging malpractices in brain death certification to facilitate 'organ harvesting'. Here's a look at how doctors declare a person brain dead and why the certificat ...

Although it receives a lot of attention, brain death is relatively rare, accounting for around 2% of all adult hospital deaths in the United States. There are also misconceptions around what brain ...

A Nassau County Supreme Court judge granted an emergency order that temporarily blocked Nassau University Medical Center from conducting brain death testing on Anthony Gestone, a 23-year-old ...

The bench was hearing the septuagenarian’s appeal challenging the June 28, 2017, Kerala High Court order which failed to grant him the reliefs prayed for.

LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- The family of a crash victim on Long Island is speaking out about their fight to stop a hospital from determining if he is brain-dead. Anthony Gestone, 23, has been at NUMC for ...

MAYWOOD, IL - One of the most difficult skills a neurologist must learn is how to diagnosis brain death and communicate the bad news to family members. A Loyola Medicine study has found that two ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...