ATLANTA -- Adriana Smith, a 31-year-old Georgia nurse and mother, was just eight weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead in February after suffering a medical condition. However, the family ...

Many patients who died after traumatic brain injuries may have survived and recovered if their families had waited to take them off life support, a new study found. Researchers from Massachusetts ...

Gardy Coriolan, a security officer at Mercy Hospital, remains on life support nearly two months after a patient attacked him. His wife, Sonya Coriolan, says her husband’s condition has not approved ...

A Texas judge orders hospital to keep a 9-year-old cancer patient alive. The desperate parents of a 9-year-old cancer-stricken girl are waging a court fight to prevent Texas doctors from removing ...

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 ...

A terminally ill baby in England is set to be removed from life support on Thursday following a judge’s ruling, despite the pleading of her parents to allow a Vatican children’s hospital to treat the ...

Please keep my sweet girl in your prayers. This next week is a scary time as we see what her next option will be.” ...

"Mrs. Munoz is dead," the judge ruled. Jan. 26, 2014— -- A pregnant Texas woman has been removed from life support after months of legal wrangling between her family, who wanted her removed from ...

Asystole is the most serious form of cardiac arrest. It happens when the heart stops beating and there is no more electrical activity. It is sometimes called "flat-line" or "flat-lining" because the ...

Her condition, which included multiple blood clots, deteriorated as doctors tried to save her life, Smith's mother April Newkirk told Atlanta TV station WXIA. This story was produced in partnership ...