Read more coma stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20523/coma.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:52:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74607/coma-man-was-conscious-for-23-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man believed to be in a coma for 23 years following a car accident was actually conscious but completely paralyzed. "I dreamed myself away," said Belgian Rom Houben, now 49. A doctor finally made the correct diagnosis and discovered Houben's brain was completely normal and functioning. With therapy, Houben...http://www.newser.com/story/74607/coma-man-was-conscious-for-23-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 3:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/58249/second-us-flu-victim-gave-birth-last-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Texas woman who died yesterday after suffering from swine flu was a teacher who gave birth to a healthy baby girl last week by Cesarean section, the AP reports. Judy Trunnell, 33, was hospitalized after she had difficulty breathing 2 weeks ago and later fell into a coma. Texas...http://www.newser.com/story/58249/second-us-flu-victim-gave-birth-last-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 14:00:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50613/usher-wife-was-in-coma-after-liposuction-heart-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUsher's wife was in a coma following a heart attack during liposuction surgery, according to the latest details to emerge in the medical emergency at a Brazilian hospital, reports Stuff.co.nz. Tameka Foster went into cardiac and respiratory arrest as she was being anesthetized, Brazilian papers are reporting. Doctors...http://www.newser.com/story/50613/usher-wife-was-in-coma-after-liposuction-heart-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 6:55:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50342/italys-terri-schiavo-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA woman who sparked debate over right-to-die laws in Italy has died after 17 years in a coma, the Times of London reports. Italian lawmakers, led by PM Silvio Berlusconi, were debating an emergency bill to keep Eluana Englaro alive at the time. The law would forbid carers of those...http://www.newser.com/story/50342/italys-terri-schiavo-dies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 17:49:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50185/pope-dont-end-comatose-womans-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict today waded into a fiercely debated right-to-die case in Italy, affirming the "absolute and supreme" need to protect life even when "weak and shrouded in the mystery of suffering." The pontiff's last-minute intervention in the case of a woman who has been in a coma for 17 years...http://www.newser.com/story/50185/pope-dont-end-comatose-womans-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Feb 2009 9:31:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49603/sunny-von-bulow-was-like-sleeping-beauty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSunny von Bülow's death in December after 28 years in a coma brought her children no peace, writes the journalist most closely associated with the story, Dominick Dunne of Vanity Fair. Her son's voice when he called with the news contained no "sense of 'Thank God it’s finally over for...http://www.newser.com/story/49603/sunny-von-bulow-was-like-sleeping-beauty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 13:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45928/attenborough-falls-slips-into-short-coma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAcclaimed director and actor Sir Richard Attenborough fell at his London home and briefly slipped into a coma, reports the Times of London. The Oscar-winning director of Gandhi , 85, is recovering in the hospital, but his family is unsure whether he'll be home for Christmas. Attenborough received a pacemaker after...http://www.newser.com/story/45928/attenborough-falls-slips-into-short-coma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Dec 2008 11:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44604/sunny-von-bulow-dies-in-coma-at-76.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSunny von Bülow, the heiress whose second husband was twice accused of trying to kill her, died today after lying in a coma for nearly 28 years, the New York Times reports. Von Bülow’s first marriage to an Austrian playboy prince ended in divorce, and she became tabloid fixture in...http://www.newser.com/story/44604/sunny-von-bulow-dies-in-coma-at-76.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Dec 2008 15:17:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34428/fashion-maven-mr-blackwell-emerging-from-coma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMr. Blackwell, the former fashion designer whose scathing "Worst-Dressed List" is the bane of taste-challenged Hollywood, appears to emerging from a coma after collapsing at home earlier this week, Reuters reports. The 85-year-old Richard Blackwell was unconscious when hospitalized Tuesday, the AP notes, but today he began moving his hands...http://www.newser.com/story/34428/fashion-maven-mr-blackwell-emerging-from-coma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 Aug 2008 22:17:19 CDT