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Desperate Father Takes Gun to Hospital to Prevent Doctors from Ending Life Support on ‘Brain Dead’ Son
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 25, 2015 12:44 PM ESTGeorge, the father of a ‘brain dead’ son took to a standoff when he was told that his son, George Pickering III will be taken off life support as there was no hope left for them.
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Brain Scans can Predict Vegetative Patient’s Recovery
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 18, 2014 02:56 PM EDTUsing a PET scan can help detect brain activity in vegetative patients, a new study reported.
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Life Support For ‘Brain Dead’ California Girl Extended
By Kamal Nayan | Dec 31, 2013 10:03 AM ESTA California girl who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery will continue to be on life support for at least next seven days, a state judge extended the deadline.
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Texas Man Wants to End Pregnant Wife’s Life Support
By Kamal Nayan | Dec 24, 2013 09:29 AM ESTErick Munoz, a paramedic, wants to end life support for his pregnant wife Marlise Munoz who collapsed from a pulmonary embolism on Nov. 26.
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Indiana Hunter Chooses To End Life Support After Accident
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 07, 2013 09:42 AM ESTAn Indiana hunter who was injured recently, got to decide himself if he wanted to live or die. The avid outdoorsman was severely injured in a hunting accident on Saturday.
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‘Dead’ Patient Woke up as Surgeons Prepared to take her Organs
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 09, 2013 09:49 AM EDTIn 2009, doctors from a Syracuse, NY hospital almost removed the organs from a woman who was still alive. She woke up on the operating table right before doctors were going to cut her open.
