Adriana Smith was declared brain dead while nine weeks pregnant.

A person declared brain-dead does not recover or wake up—they eventually die, according to medical experts. Dr George Biketi, a general practitioner, explained that brain death is the complete and ...

Laws such as Georgia's LIFE Act can complicate ethical and legal decision-making in postmortem pregnancy. Darya Komarova/Moment via Getty Images Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had ...

Scientists have reached a groundbreaking achievement by successfully converting a type A kidney to type O and transplanting it into a brain-dead human patient. This milestone, tested as of early ...

Fortis Hospital facilitated a rare lung retrieval in the region, following a multi-organ donation from a 69-year-old donor.

Relatives of two brain-dead persons donated the organs of the deceased under Jeevandan organ donation initiative ...

Bruce Willis, 70 years old, who is battling dementia after being diagnosed with the condition, has decided to donate his ...

Researchers at NYU Langone Health reversed the rejection of a transplanted pig kidney, taking first steps toward substituting a human kidney with a genetically modified one.  The November study aimed ...

Anoxic brain injury is happens when your brain does not get oxygen. It is a serious often life threatening medical event with ...

A Missouri resident died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials announced this week. The patient, identified only as an adult from ...

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 ...