A look at some of the differences between states of consciousness and brain death: Brain death: These patients are no longer alive. There has been an irreversible cessation of all activity in both the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- A standard brain scanning technique is showing promise for helping doctors distinguish between patients in a vegetative state and those with hidden signs of consciousness. A study released ...

An investigation is looking into who might have fathered the child born Dec. 29 to the patient who has been in a vegetative state for more than 10 years Police are seeking DNA samples from all male ...

A cognitively impaired woman at a nursing facility in Arizona gave birth to a baby last month, prompting a sexual-assault investigation and a cascade of news reports. When the 29-year-old patient at ...

The family of an Arizona woman who gave birth last month in a long-term care facility issued a statement saying she is “not in a coma,” despite assertions by police she’s in a vegetative state and ...

A woman in the United Arab Emirates who was in what can be described as a "vegetative coma" for 27 years has been able to speak and interact with her family, one of the German doctor's who treated her ...

Michael Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since hitting his head while skiing on December 29, and his condition is not improving. Reports from Mirror in the UK have doctors saying that ...

A woman who was in a "vegetative coma" for 27 years after a crash is now able to speak with her family, her doctors said. CBS reports Munira Abdulla of the United Arab Emirates was with her son in ...

The parents of an Arizona woman in a vegetative state who gave birth released a statement Tuesday that they said sought to counter any misconceptions about their daughter's condition. The 29-year-old ...

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 ...