A look at some of the differences between states of consciousness and brain death: Brain death: These patients are no longer alive. There has been an irreversible cessation of all activity in both the ...

"I'm not in a position to say, 'How could someone not [know]?'" the sergeant said As Arizona authorities investigate the sexual assault of a woman at a nursing facility who gave birth to a boy while ...

The family of an Arizona woman who gave birth last month in a long-term care facility issued a statement saying she is “not in a coma,” despite assertions by police she’s in a vegetative state and ...

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For the first time since a patient in a vegetative state for more than a decade at an Arizona-based nursing facility gave birth on Dec. 29, the Phoenix Police Department has revealed new details about ...

The parents of an Arizona woman in a vegetative state who gave birth released a statement Tuesday that they said sought to counter any misconceptions about their daughter's condition. The 29-year-old ...

PHILADELPHIA — For two decades, car-crash victim Rom Houben lay paralyzed and voiceless in what his doctors thought was a vegetative state. He appeared to be awake, but showed no signs of awareness.

A cognitively impaired woman at a nursing facility in Arizona gave birth to a baby last month, prompting a sexual-assault investigation and a cascade of news reports. When the 29-year-old patient at ...

Michael Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since hitting his head while skiing on December 29, and his condition is not improving. Reports from Mirror in the UK have doctors saying that ...

Police in Phoenix, Arizona, released dramatic audio Friday of a 911 call placed by a nurse at a long-term care facility after a woman who has been in a vegetative state for years gave birth. Staff at ...

The parents of an Arizona woman in a vegetative state who gave birth released a statement Tuesday that they said sought to counter any misconceptions about their daughter’s condition. The 29-year-old ...