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Texas court orders brain-dead pregnant woman off life support
A Texas judge has ordered that a brain-dead pregnant woman be removed from life support after her husband filed suit against a Fort Worth hospital for "cruel and obscene mutilation" of a dead body. In a case that has captured national headlines and become a battleground for both sides of the abortion debate, state District Judge R.H. Wallace ordered John Peter Smith Hospital to remove the woman's body from a ventilator by 5 p.m. Monday. Marlise Munoz, 33, was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband, Erick Munoz, found her unconscious on the floor of their kitchen on Nov. 26, possibly due to a blood clot in one of her lungs. Although doctors at the county-owned hospital...
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Texas court orders brain-dead pregnant woman off life support
A Texas judge has ordered that a brain-dead pregnant woman be removed from life support after her husband filed suit against a Fort Worth hospital for "cruel and obscene mutilation" of a dead body. In a case that has captured national headlines...
In Jahi's case, past time for a reality check
The case of Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old Oakland girl who was declared brain dead Dec. 12 following complications from tonsil and sinus surgery, hasn't ended yet. Insisting Jahi was still alive and should remain on the ventilator that was keeping her...
McMath attorney: Jahi's family aren't fools; they deserve better than ignorant attacks
I am the attorney who answered a call for help from Jahi McMath's family in December. I have represented them for free — starting 10 hours before the first order to turn off Jahi's ventilator at Children's Hospital Oakland — as they have...
Jahi McMath, alive in social media
Even as medical horror stories go, this one was disturbing. On Dec. 12, 13-year-old Jahi McMath of Alameda County went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain dead following a reportedly routine tonsillectomy three days earlier. Not long after,...
Marlise Munoz: Can a fetus survive after mother becomes brain-dead?
At the center of a dispute over whether a Texas hospital can keep a brain-dead woman on life support is a 21-week-old fetus. Marlise Munoz was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband, Erick, discovered her lying unconscious on their kitchen floor in...
Sodium-packed medications raise stroke and death risks
Apparently, not all pills got the memo about, first, doing no harm. Many formulations of common medications contain high levels of sodium, and a new study finds that people who take those medications are 22% more likely to suffer a non-fatal stroke and...
Death rates down in L.A. County, but Alzheimer's disease is on the rise
Los Angeles County's mortality rate dropped 19% between 2001 and 2010, according to a new report from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Fat and healthy is a myth, new study says
So your body mass index says you're obese, but you don't have "pre-diabetes" - a mix of factors such as hypertension, high cholesterol and high glucose levels that indicates you're on the road to metabolic illness. And you're thinking you've beaten the...
One-quarter of deaths from heart disease, stroke avoidable, CDC says
At least 200,000 deaths due to heart disease and stroke can be prevented each year by quitting smoking, controlling blood pressure and cholesterol, and taking aspirin when recommended by a physician, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
How do Americans waste $28 billion a year? On vitamins, doctors say
Looking for ways to save money in 2014? Here's some advice from doctors: Stop buying vitamins. Time after time, studies have shown that vitamin and mineral supplements don’t prevent disease or death. And yet consumers keep buying them,...
Judge orders brain-dead girl kept on ventilator another week
An Alameda County judge Monday ordered a girl who became brain-dead after a tonsillectomy to be kept on a ventilator until Dec. 30.
Clock ticks in Jahi McMath case; experts say court clash went too far
OAKLAND — As the clock ticks toward a 5 p.m. deadline for Children's Hospital Oakland to remove a 13-year-old girl deemed brain-dead from a ventilator, experts in medical and legal ethics say there are no “gray areas” in the case...
Hospital says conditions must be met for Jahi McMath's transfer
OAKLAND — After an eleventh-hour court order was issued that will keep 13-year-old Jahi McMath on a ventilator until Jan. 7, a hospital spokesman said the facility will work with the family to help transfer the girl to nursing care — if...
Court order to keep brain-dead girl on ventilator is extended
OAKLAND — A court order was extended late Monday that will keep a 13-year-old girl deemed brain-dead on a ventilator for another week, while the facility pledged to work with the family to transfer Jahi McMath elsewhere if certain conditions...
Jahi McMath's mother: 'How can you possibly say my child is dead?'
After a judge extended a court order keeping her 13-year-old brain-dead daughter on a ventilator in an Oakland hospital, Nailah Winkfield remained defiant to medical experts, insisting that Jahi McMath is alive. “My daughter is...
Jahi McMath's family battles hospital over brain-dead girl
The family of Jahi McMath this week has continued to clash with hospital officials over what to do with the brain-dead 13-year-old girl. The family has been trying to find a facility that will take Jahi in while at...
Jahi McMath's family is being helped by Terri Schiavo group
A group linked to the family of Terri Schiavo says it is now working with the family of Jahi McMath over what to do with the 13-year-old girl. Jahi's family has been trying to find a...
Blurring the line between life and death
Brain death needs a new name, some doctors and bioethicists say. Perhaps it should be called "death via cessation of brain function." Then, perhaps, the public might better understand that it's not just a serious coma or a severe brain injury or a...
Jahi McMath case muddies an already agonizing subject
OAKLAND — The case of the brain-dead 13-year-old girl whose family was embroiled in a legal standoff with Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland seems to be nearing an end. After marathon negotiations with a federal magistrate,...
Letters: Jahi McMath and the law
Re "Clash of science and faith," Column, Jan. 4 As Sandy Banks rightly notes, marking the line between life and death can spark conflict between faith and medical science, with confusion, grief and anger further fanning the flames. ...
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