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Coma recovery case attracts doubters

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.


Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn (AP)

Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped ...


Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- 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 tell anyone or even cry out.


Medication effective for acute liver failure in early stages of disease

Medication effective for acute liver failure in early stages of disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The antidote for acute liver failure caused by acetaminophen poisoning also can treat acute liver failure due to most other causes if given before severe injury occurs, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...


Learning from locusts

Learning from locusts: Study points toward new treatment for stroke and migraine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.