Vegetative patients may have awareness
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Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday &#151; a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields.
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Researchers have found a way to induce  out-of-body experiences using virtual-reality goggles, helping  to explain a phenomenon reported by about one in 10 people.
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Many of us think that the terminally ill can postpone their deaths so that they can see a relative, experience their last birthday or enjoy a special holiday - sadly, this is a myth, according to a new study.
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A medical accreditation group Tuesday urged hospitals nationwide to take steps to prevent ``anesthesia awareness&#39;&#39;--instances in which patients wake up during surgery and sometimes
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Terminally-ill cancer patients should not believe that they can put off dying to avoid missing significant events such as birthdays, weddings, or Christmas, say scientists.
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A hospital in the Netherlands &#151; the first nation to permit euthanasia &#151; recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures, which include administering a lethal dose of sedatives.
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The death of Christopher Reeve illustrated something that those who live with paralysis know all too well: for quadriplegics, infection is Public Enemy No. 1.
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o matter what the illness, people in hospital intensive care units tend to have elevated blood sugar levels. One way to help these ICU patients survive is to give them insulin to bring their
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A woman in a vegetative state for   five months appeared in brain scans to imagine playing tennis   and to respond to commands, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Cancer patients can often feel baffled when offered a choice of treatments, a study has suggested.
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NEW YORK The common perception that terminally ill people can hang on to life through important religious or personal days is more romance than reality, researchers reported Wednesday.
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It recalls a solution that might be linked to a rare infection.
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CHICAGO - Patients who described themselves as highly optimistic had lower risks of all-cause death, and lower rates of cardiovascular death than those with high levels of pessimism, according to an article in the November issue of The Archives of
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A hospital in the Netherlands â-he first nation to permit euthanasia â - proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns and then made a startling revelation
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Doctor's View: A frightened cancer patient inadvertently heard terrible news. Anesthesia erased her memory. It was a snap decision  -  and a compassionate one. But was it right?
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The national transplant waiting list has grown to more than 87,000 because organ donations from the dead have not kept up with demand. For help, frustrated patients increasingly are turning to the living &#151; even to strangers. That worries bioethicists, surgeons and federal officials who oversee the transplant system, which is designed to treat all patients fairly.
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David Thibault grows orchids as a hobby, but the elegant flower on his bedside tray did little to lift his spirits. He stared out the window of his room at George Washington University Hospital, waiting for lab results that could tell him if he had months, weeks or maybe only days to live. A mon...