Brain death, defined as the irreversible cessation of all brain function, is both a clinical and legal determination that allows for the ethical procurement of organs for transplantation. Its ...

For an older patient after a fall, a single blood draw could soon turn a doctor’s hunch into objective evidence. Labs, in ...

It happens every day at North Shore University Hospital’s busy emergency department in Manhasset — patients who have fallen and hit their head are brought in for evaluation and possible treatment.

Diverse team of doctors consult on a TV screen showing MRI scan with brain images. [iStock Photos] A person declared brain-dead does not recover or wake up-they eventually die, according to medical ...

A study by researchers at the CU Anschutz Marcus Institute for Brain Health suggests that veterans with concussions may continue to show subtle but measurable brain function differences more than a ...