A coma can result from complications of conditions such as diabetes or an infection, or from a traumatic incident involving a blow to the head or a lack of oxygen. Doctors sometime induce a coma to ...

A diabetic coma occurs when blood sugar levels become either too low or too high. The cells in your body require glucose to function. High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, can make you dehydrated which ...

A diabetic coma, a severe complication of diabetes, occurs when blood sugar levels become dangerously high or low, leading to unconsciousness. This retrospective study reviewed 102 cases of ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note (3/31/25): This article from October 2008 describes how Jeanna Giese became the first known person to recover from rabies without vaccination after she received a treatment that came to ...

Myxedema refers to a severe form of hypothyroidism than can occur when the condition is left untreated or is not treated sufficiently. The term also applies to the effects that hypothyroidism can have ...

Bertrand Bonello’s latest horror film, dedicated to his teenage daughter, pushes the boundaries of the conventional pandemic movie. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...