Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some comatose patients with severe brain injury might be paying closer attention to their surroundings than previously thought, a ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

At least 25% of unresponsive patients with a disorder of consciousness show signs of brain activity, an estimate that is higher than previous studies suggest. "We found that at least 1 in 4 patients ...

Telemedicine is an effective and reliable tool for level of consciousness in coma patients, according to a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health. Researchers conducted a prospective trial of ...

I recently interviewed Daniel Toker, a 33-year-old neurologist at UCLA who's exploring innovative ways to cure coma. Toker was overflowing with ideas to treat disorders of consciousness, which include ...

Several studies in the past decade have revealed that up to a quarter of unresponsive patients with recent brain injuries may ...

A study in Telemedicine and e-Health investigated whether remote physicians can assess comatose patients with telemedicine. The researchers — led by Amelia K. Adcock, MD, of Mayo Clinic College of ...

It is currently impossible to predict when a comatose patient might become conscious again. Some patients wake up minutes or days after a brain injury, while a rare few regain partial consciousness ...