A 16-weeks pregnant woman is being kept alive on life support to save her unborn baby, despite being pronounced brain-dead by Ireland's leading neurosurgeons, reported the Irish Independent. The woman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the story of Adriana Smith broke earlier this year, people across the country were horrified. Declared brain-dead at just ...

Months after a Georgia family was forced to keep a brain dead woman alive until an emergency C-section, her baby boy is still fighting for his life. In a tragic update, the family of Adriana Smith is ...

It's rare for health providers to declare a person dead who is still alive, but it can be tricky with drowning victims. Their body temperature is key.

ATLANTA — A new life is still fighting after a beginning no one would have imagined. April Newkirk's daughter, Adriana Smith, was pronounced brain dead earlier this year. She was kept alive on life ...

A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her ...

The drama now playing out in Texas over whether to keep a brain dead pregnant woman alive on life support is grimly similar to a case decided in a crowded Decatur courtroom in August 2010. The drama ...

Brain stem is that part of the brain that connects the spinal cord with the “main” brain and contains areas that control breathing, blood pressure and alertness.

When the story of Adriana Smith broke earlier this year, people across the country were horrified. Declared brain-dead at just nine weeks pregnant, Adriana was kept on life support for months against ...