The boy—from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara—is now the first and only patient so far who has fully recovered from the toxins.

Physicians may be drawing conclusions too soon about survival outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. A study led by Bentley Bobrow, MD, professor at the University of ...

Hundreds of millions of people use social media every day, whether it is Facebook, Twitter or another forum for communication. Kamal Thapar, MD, a neurosurgeon with the Marshfield Clinic and medical ...

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 ...

A 25-year-old man recovering from a coma made significant progress after receiving an ultrasound treatment designed to galvanize brain function, according to a new report published in Brain ...

Comatose patients often have a questionable prognosis. Family and doctors are left to ask, what are the chances a loved one ...

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 ...

Delving into the depths of the human mind, researchers are using advanced forms of brain imaging to uncover hidden memories in comatose patients. These findings not only challenge our previous ...

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 ...