A coma is a serious condition that can be caused by a number of problems, such as a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or drug overdose. A lot of what we think we know about it is based on TV portrayals, ...

Have you ever wondered about what being in a coma would be like? Probably, because most humans are terrified of not being alive, and slipping into a coma is maybe the closest thing to being dead that ...

Writer Emily Gordon was a carefree, tattooed 27-year-old living in Chicago in 2007 when she came down with what she thought was a garden-variety cold. (Getty Images) “I reacted how I always did when ...

In some cases, all it takes is a major blow to the side of the head. When somebody falls into a coma, they lose all motor functions. Brain activity slows significantly. In most cases, no external ...

Five years ago, we heard how a team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) had used ultrasound to seemingly "jump start" a patient out of a coma. At the time, the scientists wondered if ...

"When I look at pictures of me in the coma, it seems unreal, and when I hear that my toe saved me, it's amazing," law student Sam Hemming said. This 22-year-old, once in a coma, is now being called a ...

Though it might seem like being in a coma — either one that is medically induced or natural — is like sleeping, or getting knocked out by anesthesia, people who've come out of them describe ...

Joseph Flavill fell into a coma just weeks before the United Kingdom went into lockdown A British family is grappling with how to explain the coronavirus pandemic to their teenage son after he ...

A diabetic coma, a severe complication of diabetes, occurs when blood sugar levels become dangerously high or low, leading to unconsciousness. This retrospective study reviewed 102 cases of ...