All articles tagged with #coma
Daniel Alexis, a 19-year-old Port St. Lucie High School basketball player, spent months in a coma after a sinus infection spread to his brain. He underwent three brain surgeries at UHealth, gradually improved, and on Thursday watched his Miami hospital graduation on a screen as his mother accepted his diploma in Port St. Lucie, with doctors optimistic about a continued recovery and ongoing rehabilitation.
Yale scientists used full-head EEG to monitor patients under propofol anesthesia and found the brain can enter states that resemble both sleep and coma, challenging the idea that anesthesia is simply deep sleep. The findings could guide better, individualized anesthesia care to minimize postoperative cognitive effects and push toward a sleep-like brain state during procedures.
A Yale-led study using full-head EEG recordings shows anesthesia does not simply put the brain to sleep; instead, anesthetized brains can exhibit sleep-like and coma-like patterns in different regions, challenging the sleep-vs-coma dichotomy and highlighting the potential for real-time brain monitoring to tailor anesthesia and reduce post-surgical cognitive effects.
Bonnie Tyler underwent emergency surgery in Portugal after her appendix burst and severe abdominal pain; doctors placed the 74-year-old singer in an induced coma to aid recovery, with her husband by her bedside and a spokesperson asking for privacy as her condition remains uncertain.
Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani woke from a coma in a Florida hospital and is now talking and alert while recovering from pneumonia; ally John Catsimatidis said he’s breathing on his own and his family remains at his side as doctors monitor him. The illness follows a prior airway condition linked to his Sept. 11 response, and several political figures and friends have offered well wishes as he fights to recover.
Quinton Aaron, the actor known for The Blind Side, says he saw Jesus during a coma after a near-fatal stroke, describing a vision of a glowing figure who touched the pain on his back and whom he believes cured him; doctors later said he wouldn’t need surgery. He says the experience strengthened his faith and sense of purpose, and notes a prior health scare in 2021 with diabetic ketoacidosis that preceded a dramatic weight‑loss journey.
A 13-year-old girl from Nelson, Lancashire, was sent home from hospital with gastroenteritis-like symptoms, but about a month later she collapsed in septic shock caused by undiagnosed congenital bowel adhesions. She underwent emergency surgery, spent two weeks in an induced coma on life support, and later required further bowel surgery and a stoma, with two blood clots reported during recovery. Her mother is raising awareness about sepsis and has started fundraising to cover ongoing care as she moves from the PICU to a regular ward and continues rehabilitation.
Nineteen-year-old junior flyweight Isis Sio has woken from a medically induced coma and is breathing on her own while remaining in the ICU after a knockout in her fourth pro fight at the National Orange Show Event Center in San Bernardino. She is off the ventilator and under close medical supervision, with updates from her promoter and family noting gradual progression while she continues recovery. Sio has previously lost three of her four professional bouts.
A 19-year-old boxer, Isis Sio, is in a medically induced coma after a first-round knockout at a ProBox TV event in San Bernardino. She was convulsing and carried from the ring on a stretcher after being knocked out by Jocelyn Camarillo, who fights for MVP. ProBox TV and MVP posted prayers for her full recovery. Sio entered the bout with a 1-2 pro record and moved down seven pounds for the fight, while Camarillo, who is 5-0 as a pro, had previously won a national title as an amateur.
An 18-year-old Norwich girl contracted meningitis after sharing a vape with friends during a night out in October 2024. She was placed in a medically induced coma, with doctors warning she might not survive the next 24 hours, but she recovered with no lasting brain damage. Now 19, she’s wary of nightlife and urges others to seek prompt medical care for meningitis symptoms and to avoid sharing vapes, amid a UK outbreak linked to clubs.
ESA’s JUICE mission, via the JANUS camera, has produced the first detailed image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing its glowing coma and a sweeping tail. The November 2025 observations helped assess the comet’s activity and composition, with results to be discussed in late March by scientists studying this rare interstellar visitor.
A 23-year-old British man, Tiger Duggan from Milton Keynes, is in a coma after a motorbike collision on Koh Samui, Thailand. He was resuscitated at the scene, treated on Koh Samui, and later moved to MedPark Hospital in Bangkok for specialist care. His family has raised about £80,000 to cover medical fees and potential transfers to Australia or the UK, as his insurance reportedly does not cover motorcycle-related injuries. His father said doctors told them he was brain-dead, but the family remains hopeful.
NASA’s SPHEREx observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brighten in December 2025, detecting organic molecules such as methanol, cyanide and methane in a increasingly active coma rich in CO2, CO and H2O. Delayed venting—driven by solar heating penetrating deep into the crust—releases pristine ices and rocky material, highlighting the comet’s processed exterior and complex chemistry, and showcasing SPHEREx’s capability to study such rare, far‑flung visitors.
A US man, Steven Spinale, was left in a medically induced coma with sepsis after removing an ingrown hair; doctors gave him just a 4% chance of survival, but he woke up, began recovering, and his family has shared milestones on social media showing progress and ongoing rehabilitation.
Chevy Chase spent eight days in a coma due to heart failure during the COVID pandemic in 2021, and has since experienced memory issues and reflections on his career and health struggles, including a near-death electrocution incident in 1980.