Can a person who is brain dead open their eyes?

Brain death can be a concept that some people find hard to grasp. Because we instinctively associate death with a heart that has stopped beating, we often overlook the fact that is the brain that delivers the impulses that "run" the heart. read more

Both young women, like the people in the headlines, were not brain dead. People in a vegetative state usually have extensive brain damage, but may blink their eyes and look around, breathe on their own, yawn, chew, and even withdraw their arms or legs to painful stimulation. They are not brain dead, and no one is going to take their organs. read more