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 ...

Family members are outraged after learning that their loved one was removed from life support at a Washington hospital - two years after he was killed in a medical mix-up. Now, the heartbroken family ...

Deciding whether to withdraw life support after a severe traumatic brain injury is extremely difficult. Loved ones are faced with balancing their hopes for recovery with the desire not to prolong ...

What is Basic Life Support (BLS)? Ever wondered what you'd do in a life-or-death situation? Basic Life Support (BLS) is like your emergency toolkit for those critical moments. It's a set of skills ...

A patient's inability to pay for medical care combined with a prognosis that renders further care futile are two reasons a hospital might suggest cutting off life support, the chief medical officer at ...

In Atlanta, Adriana Smith, a brain-dead nurse, is being kept on life support to sustain her 22-week-old fetus, named Chance. This case has ignited a debate over Georgia's abortion laws post-Roe v.

"Mrs. Munoz is dead," the judge ruled. Jan. 26, 2014— -- A pregnant Texas woman has been removed from life support after months of legal wrangling between her family, who wanted her removed from ...

Please keep my sweet girl in your prayers. This next week is a scary time as we see what her next option will be.” ...

Because people are living longer and doctors can prolong lives artificially when the end is near, hospital beds are filling up with elderly patients with no hope of recovery and no choice to avoid ...

Mobile Life Support Services founder, owner and board chair Gayle Metzger-Hauser told employees in a radio broadcast to them at midnight Tuesday and in a Facebook post a short time later that the ...