THE BRONX -- The fight for Amber Ebanks' life is now in civil court in the Bronx, where questions about the standard for declaring a patient brain dead are at the center of what happens to her next.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is being sued after alleged patient mix-up that resulted in life support being pulled from ...

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 ...

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 ...

David Wells died after he was taken off life support because he was misidentified as Michael Beehler Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

Families who must decide whether to remove a loved one from life support following a traumatic brain injury may be better off delaying that decision for several days beyond the customary timeline, new ...