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 ...

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NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) --Some patients with traumatic brain injuries who died after life support was withdrawn may have recovered if given more time, a new study indicates. The findings of the study, ...

During surgery, his heart stopped and he quit breathing. Jones went into cardiac arrest, leading to severe respiratory ...

Families who must decide whether to remove a loved one from life support following a traumatic brain injury may be better off delaying that decision for several days beyond the customary timeline, new ...

Critically injured trauma patients without insurance had a higher risk of being taken off life-saving care sooner than their insured counterparts, according to findings from a retrospective cohort ...

Community Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.), which is slated to close within the next four months, has stopped accepting emergency room patients receiving advanced life support care form paramedics, ...

A man was taken off life support after he was misidentified as another person, according to a lawsuit accusing a Washington hospital of negligence. Marcelo Leal =Unsplash A man was taken off life ...

It seems unfathomable that a person could start the day with a 10-million-dollar professional career ahead of her but have it erased by the day’s end. It’s scary to believe that you can be diagnosed ...