To the Editor: Peter Monaghan’s article “The Unsettled Question of Brain Death” (February 22) points out facts of which many people contemplating signing organ-donor cards may be unaware.

Through the use of electrodes planted in the brains of the patients, the neurologists discovered that even after the heart stops beating, cells and neurons in the brain continue to function.

Rabbi J. David Bleich, a professor of Jewish law at Cardozo Law School who reviewed Nakar’s case, said a patient who is brain-dead but whose heart is still beating can typically die within three ...

Surgeons have developed two low-cost techniques to revive the hearts of people who wish to donate their organs after they die ...

Doctors at Duke and Vanderbilt have pioneered simpler ways to recover hearts from donors after cardiac death, potentially ...

When the brain no longer functions, the patient should be considered dead, says this neurologist. Official definitions back him up.

Cardiac surgeons have discovered two novel techniques that may improve doctors’ ability to “reanimate” hearts after the death ...

She contended that “his heart is still beating on its own” — contrary to hospital statements — and pleaded to anyone watching ... Doctors declared Nick brain-dead on Sept. 27 and then ...

Brain-dead baby’s heart stops beating after transfer to parents’ home. By Todd Ackerman, ... The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo may be over for 2025, but the event is still ...

A heart transplant typically takes place right on the line between life and death. After a patient is declared brain dead, the donor's still-beating heart is removed and stored on ice, where it ...