Brain scans may predict the possibility of someone recovering from a coma, a new study suggests. Using a scanning technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), doctors have zeroed in ...
ST. PAUL – A teen from Hope, North Dakota is making a miraculous recovery after a car accident put him in a coma for three weeks. On Father's Day, 17-year-old Connor Flaten was driving with his sister ...
A Department of Veterans Affairs and Northwestern University researcher has developed the first reliable measure of neurobehavioral functioning that will help physicians predict the likelihood of a ...
New research is shining a light on the importance to human consciousness of a brain region that traditionally gets little attention from neurologists — the posteromedial cortex (PMC). The study ...
Could shining bright lights on comatose patients to encourage their natural circadian rhythms help them awaken? A small study from Austria says yes. The body's ability to awaken from a coma after ...
WEBVTT HOME IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. LAUREN: WELL, ROBY HASN’T BEEN HERE LONG, ONLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS. HE SPENT A MONTH AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN A COMA, AND DURING THAT TIME HIS MOTHER TELLS ME SHE DID ...
Brain scans may predict the possibility of someone recovering from a coma, a new study suggests. Using a scanning technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), doctors have zeroed in ...