Read more coma stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20523/coma.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-12T19:31:30http://www.newser.com/story/81396/coma-mans-communication-proved-false.htmlThe story of a Belgian man who began communicating after more than 20 years in a coma made headlines around the world, but the skeptics have now been proven right. Rom Houben's neurologist says further tests have found that the facilitated communication method, in which a therapist guided Houben's fingers...http://www.newser.com/story/81396/coma-mans-communication-proved-false.html2010-02-20T14:19:10http://www.newser.com/story/80024/man-in-vegetative-state-talks.htmlA man in a deeply unconscious state for 5 years has been able to communicate with doctors using only his thoughts. In a study one Cornell neurologist called a "game changer" for the care of patients in a vegetative state, British and Belgian researchers used a brain scanner to show...http://www.newser.com/story/80024/man-in-vegetative-state-talks.html2010-02-04T13:25:25http://www.newser.com/story/74784/coma-doc-checking-dozens-of-new-cases.htmlThe Belgian neurologist who discovered that a patient thought to have been in a coma was actually conscious for 23 years has been checking dozens of other patients for signs of awareness. And he has discovered consciousness in some of the 50 patients he checks annually with his state-of-the-art equipment,...http://www.newser.com/story/74784/coma-doc-checking-dozens-of-new-cases.html2009-11-25T11:51:19http://www.newser.com/story/74607/coma-man-was-conscious-for-23-years.htmlA 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.html2009-11-23T09:30:00http://www.newser.com/story/58249/second-us-flu-victim-gave-birth-last-week.htmlThe 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.html2009-05-06T19:00:03http://www.newser.com/story/50613/usher-wife-was-in-coma-after-liposuction-heart-attack.htmlUsher'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.html2009-02-12T12:55:59http://www.newser.com/story/50342/italys-terri-schiavo-dies.htmlA 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.html2009-02-09T23:49:56http://www.newser.com/story/50185/pope-dont-end-comatose-womans-life.htmlPope 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.html2009-02-07T15:31:02http://www.newser.com/story/49603/sunny-von-bulow-was-like-sleeping-beauty.htmlSunny 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.html2009-02-05T19:10:01