Adriana Smith was declared brain dead while nine weeks pregnant.

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 ...

April Newkirk says her daughter, Adriana Smith, was kept on life support at nine weeks pregnant. She says her grandson, Chance, is still fighting for his life in the hospital six months after birth.

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 ...

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 ...

Charlie Gard, the 11-month-old English boy with fatal mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, is at the center of an international debate about who has the right to turn off a patient’s life support ...

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 ...

The baby of Adriana Smith, a Georgia woman whose body was kept on life support for months so her son could be born, is still ...

Zei Uwadia, a teenage girl who defied expectations by walking while on life support, has died, according to a Facebook post by her mother. The teen had returned home from Children’s Mercy Hospital in ...