Thursday, February 4, 2010

'Vegetative' Patient Communicates!

Here's a story out of Scotland that is quite remarkable:

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Although the results were recorded in 1 patient out of 23, the implications of such a discovery are immense. Can you just imagine being trapped in your own mind, being able to hear doctors and family around you talking about how 'you are not there' and aren't 'alive' anymore? Can you imagine the agony?

PS: The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a legit medical journal.

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