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Death Isn’t the Final Off Switch. There’s a Mysterious ‘Third State’ Between Life and Decay, Scientists Say.
After clinical death, some of your cells refuse to quit, or even attempt to reconfigure into strange, emergent forms.
A ‘Twilight Consciousness’ May Exist in Dying Patients, Scientists Say. Could That Mean Death Isn’t Final?
Just before it ceases functioning, the brain may make a last-ditch effort to find unresolved purpose or a reason to stay ...
'Drink driver smashed into me at 60mph and left me in a coma, aged 19'
Keeli's family was told she may never wake up after a driver crashed into her just months after she passed her test ...
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Brain-dead mom who gave birth while on life support is laid to rest
The 31-year-old nurse was removed from life support after the birth of her son, Chance. She had been kept alive to carry the ...
Expert says Adriana Smith’s case goes beyond abortion politics
Lindsey Breitwieser says a more nuanced ethical approach that does not frame a mother and child as adversaries is needed ...
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Brain-dead woman laid to rest after being kept alive for months while ...
Adriana Smith, the brain-dead Atlanta nurse who was kept alive by medical officials until she delivered her baby, has been laid to rest.
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Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ... - SFGATE
The first brain death during pregnancy in which the fetus was delivered after time on life support, more accurately called organ support, occurred in 1981.
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Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues ...
The first brain death during pregnancy in which the fetus was delivered after time on life support, more accurately called organ support, occurred in 1981.