A licensed practical nurse who was supposed to care for a woman in a vegetative state at a long-term Arizona nursing facility was arrested and charged with raping her after she gave birth to a baby ...

Scientists have used a portable device that tracks changes in brain waves to communicate with people in a vegetative state, some of whom have been locked in their bodies for more than a year. In a ...

A Windsor mother wants to provide other families with the tools and resources to help their medically complex loved ones at home.

An attorney representing the family of the woman has spoken out on their behalf The family of the Arizona woman who gave birth to a baby boy last month, despite being in a vegetative state for a ...

What is a vegetative state? A vegetative state is when someone is awake but is showing no signs of awareness. A person in a vegetative state may be able to: open their eyes wake up and fall asleep at ...

A cognitively impaired woman at a nursing facility in Arizona gave birth to a baby last month, prompting a sexual-assault investigation and a cascade of news reports. When the 29-year-old patient at ...

KIM Jong-un is in a vegetative state following a botched heart operation, South Korean outlets are reporting. But what is a vegetative state and is it possible for the dictator to recover? A ...