The term “life support” refers to any combination of machines and medication that keeps a person’s body alive when their organs would otherwise stop working. Usually people use the words life support ...

It's been a year since the Jahi McMath was declared brain dead. — -- A year after the tonsil surgery complication that led doctors to declare then-13-year-old Jahi McMath brain dead, she is still ...

A small modeling study suggests that some patients with severe traumatic brain injury may have recovered had they been kept on life support for longer. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...