The humble planarian flatworm can regrow its brain. Here’s how this tiny animal will have you rethinking everything you ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord becomes damaged, a number of debilitating conditions can result that limit mobility, inhibit ...

As a neurologist who specializes in critical care, I believe we need a clearer, more consistent legal definition of death. The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA), the legal standard for death ...

Bilal Arshadullah is a biology major and biotechnology minor and a 2023-24 health care ethics intern with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are his own. In 2013, ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm Dr Andrew Wilner. Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr Lucas Elijovich. Lucas is a colleague of ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ischemic stroke, only about 5 percent fully recover. Most others suffer from ...

Transforming brain death determination into a standard ICU practice could enhance organ donation processes and clinician confidence in India.

A prominent recent case involved a 23-year-old Jamaican woman who admitted herself to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for elective surgery on July 30, 2024. In February, Amber Ebanks, a ...

When the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord becomes damaged, a number of debilitating conditions can result that limit mobility, inhibit independence and reduce ...