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 ...

Severe brain injuries or head traumas in humans can lead to various stages of so-called disorders of consciousness (DoC). These are states in which consciousness is either partly or entirely absent, ...

PHILADELPHIA — For two decades, car-crash victim Rom Houben lay paralyzed and voiceless in what his doctors thought was a vegetative state. He appeared to be awake, but showed no signs of awareness.

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 ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout to include Friedemann Müller's comments as reported by Spiegel Online. A woman in the United Arab Emirates who was in what can be described as a ...

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 ...

On July 19, 2013, John spent the evening with friends, returning home around midnight. He made himself a snack, said goodnight to his parents, and turned in. Everything seemed normal. But at 6:30 a.m.

The patient's family says they've noticed what appear to be physical responses from her in their presence The family of an Arizona woman who gave birth last month in a long-term care facility issued a ...