The hyaline membrane disease that kills at least 25,000 infants every year (among them: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy) and the heart attacks that are fatal to 500,000 adult Americans seem poles apart as ...

A South Korean study suggests that the loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye is touched — may signal a 70% likelihood of death within 24 hours in deeply sedated hospice ...

A South Korean study suggests that the loss of the corneal reflex — the automatic blink when the eye is touched — can indicate a high likelihood of death within 24 hours in hospice patients.

Reflexes are automatic and involuntary actions the body produces in response to certain stimuli. While some reflexes can involve muscles and movement, others involve internal processes within the body ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...