Her cousin Kristi Knapp promised her a pedicure. Another cousin, Kandi Barnwell, debated with Knapp over who used to braid ...

Priscilla Timmons was facing a 10% chance of surviving a massive blood clot when a golden retriever named Scrunchie woke her ...

The family of a 62-year-old hospital security guard on Long Island wants answers after he was assaulted by a patient and left ...

Some brain injury patients may appear to be in a coma, but they are not. They are processing at least some of what is happening around them but cannot physically respond. Without a physical response, ...

Some comatose patients with severe brain injury might be paying closer attention to their surroundings than previously thought, a new study says. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Some comatose ...

It’s pretty terrifying to imagine being in a coma and being even slightly aware of your surroundings, unable to speak – let alone the horrific process loved ones go through seeing another person ...

Imagine lying in a hospital bed, awake but unable to move your body to communicate with the people around you. This experience of “covert consciousness” is a reality for many people who have sustained ...

In adults, consciousness is the state of awareness of self and environment that gives significance to internal and external stimuli reaching the cerebral cortex. To be conscious, the individual must ...

A study published this week could help doctors to identify patients with brain injuries, in seemingly unresponsive states, who are more likely to recover. In the study, published in the journal Brain ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Maggots infested the noses of two comatose patients at a Veteran's Administration hospital, and mice were so common that nurses cared for some of them as pets, according to a ...

The neurotechnology that might enable humans to one day become symbiotic with AI is not "ethically neutral", says a clinical ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) and the Curing Coma® Campaign today announced the second annual World Coma Day, a 24-hour online global event, will commence on March 22, ...