Subjective definitions of coma emphasize the absence of inner consciousness or awareness from the perspective of the patient. Objective definitions of coma consider a certain set of external signs ...

Around one in four coma patients who cannot move or speak is still ... and it took the best part of 20 years for me to be able to walk into a room and not appear noticeably awkward.

First-person, subjective definitions of coma emphasize the absence of inner consciousness or awareness from the perspective of the patient. By contrast, third-person, objective definitions declare ...

Light escaped from every surface. The thing that told me that this was not Earth was that it was so clean.” These are the ...

This discovery could profoundly change clinical practices in caring for patients in a coma or in a non-responsive wakeful ...

The family of a teenager put in a coma after developing pneumonia while on holiday in Spain have booked a £33,000 medical flight to bring her home. Bryony Duthie, who suffers from a rare chronic ...

Stephanie Duthie (L) and her 18-year-old daughter Bryony A teenager put in a coma after developing pneumonia ... what's going on and have told us to be patient and let them work.

An American man has finally woken after spending nearly 20 years in a coma. The first word Terry ... Experts say cases like Wallis's, where the patient is able to talk fairly freely after a ...

Emergency treatment is vital when it comes to a stroke-induced coma. Medical professionals often focus on stabilizing the patient, reducing brain swelling, and restoring blood flow to prevent ...

A woman who was fighting for her life in a coma for 30 days experienced an incredible moment shortly after waking up. Victoria Cupay, from Illinois, US, was diagnosed with lupus and had a reaction to ...

1,2 A syndrome resembling impending hepatic coma has been observed to follow the administration of certain nitrogenous substances to some patients with severe cirrhosis of the liver. 3,4 This has ...

The last time Jason Mullins could walk normally was three years ago when he went to the hospital for what seemed like a ...