Despite the Vedantic outlook that treats death philosophically, Indians are reluctant to allow family members to die in the ...

One way to approach the study of consciousness is to explore lesional cases in which impairment of consciousness is the prominent clinical sign. Vegetative state is such a condition wherein awareness ...

THE daughter of a man left in a vegetative state for seventeen years, after he was shot in the head, said last night: “I’ve ...

The Minnesota DNR has announced that as of noon today (May 14)seasonal burning restrictions will be lifted in all counties and burning permits for vegetative matter will once again be available.

The state's health department appointed medical experts to the secondary medical board to decide when life-sustaining treatment can be stopped for terminally ill patients ...

The Karnataka government has ordered the establishment of medical boards in state hospitals to process requests for dignified ...

The Karnataka government has called for establishing medical boards in hospitals across the state to ensure the right to die ...

The 25-year-old is now semi-conscious in hospital, unable to move or speak, and can only track things with her eyes ...

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran agreed to take up the petition filed by NGO All Creatures Great and Small on February 10 after the matter was mentioned for listing.

The Sangli police on Thursday arrested a suspect in the alleged murder and rape of a four-year-old girl in Karajagi village ...

In its plea, the NGO prayed that a procedure should be laid down for rabies patients to allow them or their guardians to opt ...

The family of porn star Emily Willis is suing the rehab centre where she was found unconscious resulting in her sustaining permanent brain damage while at the facility for treatment for her ketamine ...