A viral report from Uttar Pradesh sparks confusion about brain death, prompting experts to explain why true brain death cannot be reversed.

Brain stem is that part of the brain that connects the spinal cord with the “main” brain and contains areas that control ...

The case involves Vinita Shukla, a resident of Pilibhit, who collapsed at home on February 22. She was taken to local hospital where she was declared brain dead.

Bilal Arshadullah is a biology major and biotechnology minor and a 2023-24 health care ethics intern with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are his own. In 2013, ...

A prominent recent case involved a 23-year-old Jamaican woman who admitted herself to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for elective surgery on July 30, 2024. In February, Amber Ebanks, a ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm Dr Andrew Wilner. Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr Lucas Elijovich. Lucas is a colleague of ...