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 ...

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.

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 ...

A 23-year-old Farmingdale man, who had remained in a coma since a car crash weeks ago, was taken off life support on Wednesday, April 29, at Nassau University ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...