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Life After Death (Almost): An Inspiring Story of Recovery

Kaylee Scottaline | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Recovery, Strength, Overcoming Fear, Social Work, Colorado, Inspiration, Coma, Fearlessness, Inner Strength, Denver, Denver News

Last year, Rachael Popejoy, now 28, bought her first house and a new car. While these might not seem like extraordinary accomplishments, it was only five years ago that doctors told Rachael's family she wouldn't survive the weekend.

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Gay Chilean Man In Coma After Brutal Beating

AP | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Chile, Video, Daniel Zamudio, Latin America, Gay Chilean Beating, Coma, Homophobia, Gay Rights Chile, Hate Crime, Gay Voices News

SANTIAGO, Chile — A brutal attack on a gay Chilean man drew strong condemnation from political leaders and entertainer Ricky Martin on Tuesday. ...

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Mubarak Reportedly In A Coma

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Stroke, Egypt, Coma, Mubarak in a Coma, Hosni Mubarak, Former Egypt President Hosni Mubarack, World News

CAIRO — Egypt's prime minister named 12 new Cabinet members Sunday in a reshuffle under pressure from protesters demanding a purge of remnants o...

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Jason Leung, Teen Victim In Philippines Bus Tragedy, Wakes From Coma

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ronaldo Mendoza, Manila, Philippines, Coma, Hong Kong, Manila Bus Hostages, Jason Leung, Manila Bus Tragedy, World News

HONG KONG — The sole surviving child of a Hong Kong woman with Canadian citizenship who lost her husband and two daughters in a Philippine bus h...

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How Doctors Talk With Families

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neurorehabilitation, Stroke, Hope, Grief-Counseling, Dealing With Grief, Traumatic Brain Injury, Coma, Brain Damage, Rehabilitation, Persistent Vegetative State, Health Care, Bra Grief Support, Healthy Living News

How do we determine how much reality a family can handle? Or more important, how much are they willing to hear?

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Government Awakens from Coma: Forces BP to Contain the Well

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Blowout Preventer, White House, Containment Cap, Blowout, Coast Guard, Bp, Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Coma, Green News

For the last 81 days, I've been watching the government, perpetually 2 steps behind BP, fail time after time to keep BP honest, or even understand the...

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Parents, Do You Know About the Deadly Choking Game?

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Auto-Erotic Asphyxitation, Getting-High, Choking Game, Dangerous Games, Brain Cell Loss, Coma, Brain Damage, Choke, Health, Healthy Living News

If you are a parent of a pre-teen or teen, knowing about the "Choking Game" could save your child's life. The goal is to choke yourself in order to deprive the brain of oxygen in order to achieve a "high."

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Flu Drugs Saved Many Pregnant Swine Flu Victims

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Global Epidemic, Pregnant Women, Health, Coma, Swine Flu, Asthma, Women's Health, Pregnancy, American Medical Association, Flue Medicine, Immune System, Tamiflu, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — Quick treatment with flu medicine saved the lives of many pregnant women who were stricken by swine flu last year, according to the mo...

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Croatian Girl Only Speaks German After Coma

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Language, Language, Croatia Coma Girl, Comas, Croatia, German, Coma, World News

Doctor's are baffled by a 13-year-old Croatian girl who fell into a coma - and woke speaking fluent German. The girl's parents said their daughter ha...

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Bok Choy-Heavy Diet Puts 88-Year-Old Woman in Coma

AOL Health | Catherine Donaldson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bok Choy, Bok Choy Coma, Bok Choy Diet, Coma, Food News

A daily diet of more than two pounds of raw bok choy, a vegetable often used in Thai and other Asian dishes, sent an 88-year-old Chinese woman into a ...

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The Rom Houben Tragedy And The Case For Active Euthanasia

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terri Schiavo, Rom Houben, Law, Culture Wars, Hoax, Liberals, Belgium, Civil Rights, James Randi, Euthanasia, Religion, Politics, Human Rights, Conservatives, Dalton Trumbo, Right to Die, Health, Coma, Ethics, Arthur Caplan, Morality, Technology, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Medicine, Bioethics, Torture, Politics News

If one believes that the prevention of suffering may sometimes justify the withdrawal or withholding of care, then the very fact that Houben was conscious for twenty-three years might call more convincingly for such action.

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Rom Houben, Man In Coma For 23 Years, Heard Everything, Mom Says

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rom Houben, Rom Houben Mother, Rom Houben Coma, 23 Year Coma Victim, Rom Houben 23 Year Coma, Rom Houbens, Houben Coma, Rom Houben Wiki, Houben, Rom Houben Video, Rom Houben Facilitated Communication, Man in Coma for 23 Years, Coma, Coma Nightmare: Man 'Asleep' for 23 Years, Conscious, Rom Houben Hoax, Rom Houben Book, World News

BRUSSELS — For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tel...

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The Coma Man Hoax: Rom Houben's "Communication" Is "Ideomotor" Ouija Board Effect

Michael Shermer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Coma Man, Ouija Board, Facilitated-Communication, Ideomotor Effect, Coma, Rom Houben, Healthy Living News

Sorry to be the spoiler of a feel-good story -- that of Rom Houben, the Belgian man who allegedly "woke up" from a 23-year long coma -- but the hard truth must win out over hopeful emotions.

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Leukemia: The New Army Camouflage

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hawaii, US Military, Casket, Andrew's Air Force Base, 14 Juliet, SPC Andrew Rounds, Burn Pits, Iraq, Ptsd, Kirkuk Iraq, Radioactive, Aml, Coma, Portland Oregon, Cancer, Du, Scholfield Army Barracks, Ohsu, Icbuw, World News

While the country is ravaged by a crippling economy, it is a lightweight problem compared to what's happening to a portion of military families. Their loved ones are coming home with cancer.

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