Patients in vegetative state can learn, say researchers

Fully Conscious, but in ‘Coma’ for 23 years: The Curious Case of ...

By: myVox

Rom Houben was 20 when he was involved in a gruesome car crash following which he was presumed brain dead by doctors. Today he is 46 and has dealt with the misfortune of spending more than half his life in ‘coma’. Now that the doctors have realised that he was fully conscious all through, the man himself hails this discovery as his &...

6 days ago

Save Mother Earth Now!

By: leylucs

Environmental obstruction through deforestation, air, water and soil pollution and careless waste disposal are the issues confronting Mother Earth and these were brought to the fore in the recent devastation wrought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng in the Philippines.So much talk and so much publicity, so many rallies and campaigns but so little ...

about 1 month ago

COMA Man MAY STILL NOT BE CONSCIOUS

By: RaulDeSouza

Ron Houben's poignant words after being locked for 23 years inside his paralyzed body may not be his own, according to some skeptical experts. They believe the Belgian, misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state, is definitely sentient. But they note that an "interview" with him relied on "facilitated communication" in which an aide guided ...

6 days ago

Your brain pattern's responses to food could determine whether you ...

By: AnneHart

Each person's brain has a different pattern of response to food. How your own brain's electrical activity, chemistry, and genetics responds to food based on how your brain is hard-wired may explain why you can keep your weight loss for many years or a lifetime, whereas other people quickly gain back any lost weight. It's not only emotional ...

about 1 month ago