Vegetative Patient Shows Signs of Awareness, Study Says
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The finding could have far-reaching consequences for how unconscious patients are cared for and diagnosed.
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Public support is growing for a system of presumed consent for organ donation, survey findings suggest.
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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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NEW YORK  - A new approach that permits   wider visual perception in patients with severely restricted   peripheral field allows quicker and more accurate ability to   detect objects outside their field of vision, suggest results   of a pilot study.
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The common perception that terminally ill people can hang on to life through important religious or personal days is more romance than reality, researchers are reporting.
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By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Sep. 15--Clare Hindman's family thought she'd had a stroke. When she  spoke at a community meeting in a church, a friend thought she'd been  drinking.
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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 expose differences in brain activity between people who fib and those who don't. Brain scans reveal that it really is easier to tell the truth.
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Intensive-care doctors monitor patients from miles away. Also: Vioxx might be responsible for more deaths than thought.... New network in southern India gives government a big boost.... and more.
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Brain scans of people in chronic pain show a state of constant activity in areas that should be at rest, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, a finding that could help explain why pain patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other disorders.
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The 36-year-old Illinois woman who died last month after being treated with an experimental gene therapy was infected with a fungus that usually causes only a mild illness. But the infection spun out of control and ravaged her organs, suggesting that her immune system was seriously impaired, said...
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Sen. Tim Johnson has been conscious at times since his emergency brain surgery last week, his spokeswoman said Monday. But he is currently being sedated so he can rest.
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The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the topic.
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NEW YORK  - People with type 2 diabetes or elevated blood sugar are at increased risk of dying after being hospitalized for pneumonia, a new study hints.
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MARK COLVIN: Royal Melbourne Hospital is trying to calm the public&#39;s fears after a patient died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD.
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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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A new study bolsters evidence that people partially blinded by a stroke or brain injury may be able to improve their field of vision by teaching new parts of their brain to see, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.