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The final reflex doctors check before declaring brain death
Despite what you may have seen on TV, a diagnosis of brain death isn't an easy thing to give, and actually requires a lot of reflexes to be checked.
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Bold claim says science may be able to reverse death
Laboratories that once focused on easing the final moments of life are now probing whether those moments are as final as medicine has long assumed. A wave of experiments on brains, organs, and ...
The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost ...
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