brain damage

The story behind a vegetative patient’s shocking recovery

Two years ago, Juan Torres was in hospital and in a vegetative state. Not only did he recover, he remembers what happened

Light in the dark: What if vegetative patients are actually conscious?

From 2014: Hitchcock film proved that despite a ‘vegetative’ diagnosis, Jeff Tremblay’s brain is awake. What does that mean for end-of-life care?