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TIL A man thought to be in a vegetative state is able to tell scientists that he is not in pain. "We have scanned him several times and his pattern of brain
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Hours After French Patient Is Taken Off Life Support, a Court Orders It Be Restored - The New York Times
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Neurologists are finding new ways to wake patients up from comas via cortical stimulation and sleeping pills like Ambien.
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