While Americans have gotten used to the idea of thinking pink each October, there has remained a gap in services, says Ellen Schupper, the executive director of ABCD ...

The body is a complex machine. Many organs and systems constantly work to keep it healthy. Some functions are so crucial that you can't live if they stop. When they fail, special medical procedures, ...

The term “life support” refers to any combination of machines and medication that keeps a person’s body alive when their organs would otherwise stop working. Usually people use the words life support ...