(RNS) — In the 15 years since Terri Schiavo died, changes in medical research and technology give us reason to totally rethink fundamental questions about patients thought to be 'vegetative.' (RNS) — ...

Bill Timmons, the CEO of Hacienda Healthcare, quit amid investigation into what another board member called an "absolutely horrifying situation" Days after a patient in a long-term vegetative state ...

In the family video played over and over on TV, Terri Schiavo seems to gaze fondly at her mother, with the hint of a smile. On Sunday night, as Congress took up debate on her case, her father told ...

The patient who was in a vegetative state reportedly gave birth to a boy last month An Arizona health care facility is investigating what it calls a “deeply disturbing incident” that a local ...

Patients in a vegetative state are awake, breathe on their own, and seem to go in and out of sleep. But they do not respond to what is happening around them and exhibit no signs of conscious awareness ...

A new study reveals that sleep-like slow-wave brain activity can persist for years in surgically disconnected brain ...

A car accident at 20 years old left a French man in a vegetative state for 15 years. But after neurosurgeons implanted a vagus nerve stimulator in his chest, the man, now 35, is showing signs of ...

KIM Jong-un is in a vegetative state following a botched heart operation, South Korean outlets are reporting. But what is a vegetative state and is it possible for the dictator to recover? A ...

DMX’s family is asking for prayers as the famed rapper is in a “vegetative state” following a drug overdose and heart attack last week. “We ask that you please keep Earl/DMX and us in your thoughts, ...

Researchers say test could offer bedside communication with loved ones. Nov. 9, 2011 — -- New research using a portable electrode test suggests nearly 20 percent of those previously determined to ...

A report claims the woman was apparently sexually assaulted months ago. Phoenix police are investigating a report of sexual assault committed against a female patient who had been hospitalized in a ...

Some unconscious patients are consciously aware of their environment, while others are not, and now a device that uses electrodes on the scalp may be able to distinguish between them. Patients in a ...