Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Actually Be Conscious

Image credit: Kholood Eid. Article by Jan Claassen and Brian L. Edlow. Scientific American – November 1, 2022.

A medical team surrounded Maria Mazurkevich’s hospital bed, all eyes on her as she did … nothing. Mazurkevich was 30 years old and had been admitted to New York–Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University on a blisteringly hot July day in New York City. A few days earlier, at home, she had suddenly fallen unconscious. She had suffered a ruptured blood vessel in her brain, and […]

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