Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.

A coma is a serious condition that can be caused by a number of problems, such as a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or drug overdose. A lot of what we think we know about it is based on TV portrayals, ...

Writer Emily Gordon was a carefree, tattooed 27-year-old living in Chicago in 2007 when she came down with what she thought was a garden-variety cold. (Getty Images) “I reacted how I always did when ...

"When I look at pictures of me in the coma, it seems unreal, and when I hear that my toe saved me, it's amazing," law student Sam Hemming said. This 22-year-old, once in a coma, is now being called a ...

What is going on inside the heads of individuals in a coma has been steeped in mystery. Now, a new study finds coma patients have dramatically reorganized brain networks, a finding that could shed ...

In some cases, all it takes is a major blow to the side of the head. When somebody falls into a coma, they lose all motor functions. Brain activity slows significantly. In most cases, no external ...

Falling into a coma might sound like the ultimate way to catch up on sleep—but survivors have revealed it's anything but restful. Dozens of people who have woken from comas shared their experiences on ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Awakening from a coma is often seen as a miracle. But in some specialized programs here in Maryland, miracles seem to happen more often. Mary Bubala shows how unorthodox therapies ...

Though it might seem like being in a coma — either one that is medically induced or natural — is like sleeping, or getting knocked out by anesthesia, people who've come out of them describe ...

After a botched wisdom tooth removal, my partner spent 10 days in an induced coma. With a few weeks left before our wedding, we decided to go ahead with the ceremony when he woke up. Our wedding ...