New research reveals that the human brain contains a built-in pain map that activates in different regions when relieving ...

Your brainstem is the central apparatus of your entire nervous system. One portion of your brainstem is called the pons. The pons links your brain to your spinal cord. Your pons handles all of your ...

In recent weeks, the nation has turned its attention to Jahi McMath, a 13-year old girl in Oakland, CA that was declared brain dead by doctors a few days after ...

New guidance has been issued for clinicians on the determination of brain death, also known as death by neurologic criteria. New guidance has been issued for clinicians on the determination of brain ...

Patients rest in a hallway in the overloaded Emergency Room area at Providence St. Mary Medical Center on January 27, 2021 in Apple Valley, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images The new brain death ...