'Talk and Die Syndrome' Likely Cause of Natasha Richardson Death

The shocking circumstances surrounding the sudden death of actress Natasha Richardson, 45, are raising questions about how an apparently minor blow to the head could be fatal. One theory being suggested is that...

Brain dead woman gives birth to baby

A woman who was pronounced brain dead has giving birth to a baby girl. Jayne Soliman, 41 collapsed suddenly at home. She was airlifted to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where doctors managed to keep her heart beating long enough to deliver her baby. She was delivered two...

15 yr old boy declared brain dead after school shooting

An unfortuante development in what is already a very sad story:"A 15-year-old shot by a fellow student at his junior high school has been declared brain dead, and his body is being maintained on a ventilator for possible organ donation, according to the medical examiner's...

Inside Stricken Mother, a Race Between Life and Death

Since his wife's brain stopped functioning weeks ago, since she was hooked to a ventilator and her cancer began spreading down to her neck, to her back and to the lymph nodes under her arms, Jason Torres said he's noticed relatively little physical change except one: Her...

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