A coma, like any brain injury, is very complex. And if you've watched classics like "While You Were Sleeping" or "Just Like Heaven," it can be even harder to truly understand what goes on during the state of unconsciousness. In television and film, comas are usually depicted as a sort of temporary deep sleep. But what actually happens to the brain during a coma is still not fully understood by the medical community.

What Really Happens When You're in a Coma, According to a Neurologist

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"Good Morning America" host Michael Strahan's resilient 19-year-old daughter, Isabella Strahan, has been coping through pain amid her grueling chemotherapy treatments with a light-hearted attitude, as she recently joked about her "brain" likely being the most expensive thing she's wearing.

Michael Strahan’s Resilient Daughter Isabella, 19, Admits Her ‘Brain’ Is Likely The Most Expensive Thing She’s Wearing— How She’s Coping With Pain Amid Chemotherapy Treatment For Brain Cancer

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In summer 2020, Ronal Salvador, then 16 and a high school junior, noticed a lump on one of his testicles. “I didn’t think much of it,” Salvador, now 21 of New Orleans, tells TODAY.com. “It was just getting bigger.”. As it grew, he worried that the mass...

Boy diagnosed with testicular cancer at 16 recalls early symptom: ‘I thought it was normal’

Jackie Galgey, 45, is a media professional, children's book author and mom of two. After learning she had trigeminal neuralgia and undergoing two brain surgeries, she's also now an advocate for the rare and chronic facial pain disorder. Galgey shared her story with TODAY.com to raise awareness of the painful condition and how she was able to take her own life back after years of chronic pain.

I have a painful condition known as the ‘suicide disease.’ This is how I got my life back

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“Even if it’s a part of us, it doesn’t define us, and we can learn to love all aspects of ourselves.”

How ‘Inside Out 2’ Is Helping Adults Better Understand Their Anxiety

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

A man who has been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer has said there were "zero symptoms". Mark Butcher, from Westbury, Wiltshire, is dedicating his last months to supporting other patients and raising awareness that the condition can affect anyone - no matter what age they are. His friends are also...

'There were no warning signs before terminal diagnosis'

A brain tumor can feel like many other medical conditions and may cause a variety of symptoms. Brain tumors can be cancerous or non-cancerous and may not initially cause symptoms. The most common symptoms of a brain tumor include headaches, dizziness, seizures, or vision changes. The effects can vary based...

What Does a Brain Tumor Feel Like?

Forgetting things or being frazzled is pretty normal in your 30s and 40s—but it’s possible to get your edge back.

5 Ways to Be Less Forgetful If You Feel Like Your Memory Is Already Shot

A woman had no idea she was pregnant until she went into labor while working a shift at Nando's - but is now thriving with her miracle son. Destiny Stephens-Coull, 21, was doing her final year of college and had just been offered a place at university for the following year.

Woman says she had no idea she was pregnant until she went into labor

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In the fall of 2022, Dr. William Dugal, then 32, contracted Covid-19 and began experiencing unusual symptoms. “It started with the numbness in my feet, almost like my shoes were too tight, and it progressed to where I was having trouble walking,” Dugal, now 34, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tells TODAY.com. “I knew there was something significantly wrong.

Man, 32, becomes fully paralyzed within days of catching Covid due to rare syndrome

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Kelsey Riddle, 26, discovered she had cancer on her birthday as she was in the midst of crafting a thesis for her graduate program

Doctors told me my symptoms were allergies before I was diagnosed with cancer

Every night when Carol McGachie went to bed she felt like she was being hit by electric shocks. She would pace up and down while intense tingling pains went up her legs and down her arms. The mother-of-two from West Lothian couldn't sleep a wink with the pain. When she...

I felt like I was getting electric shocks - then found out it was cancer

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A WOMAN had no idea she was pregnant until she went into labour while working a shift at Nando's. Destiny Stephens-Coull, 21, was doing her final year of college and had just been offered a place at university for the following year. Like a normal 18-year-old, she went out clubbing...

I went into labour in Nando’s loos while on a shift – I had no clue I was pregnant, I was clubbing the weekend before

After receiving a bone marrow transplant and stem cell donation from her sister, Cali Cole is now several years post-transplant with no complications. Today is World Sickle Cell Disease Day. The international awareness day is observed annually to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease and the challenges experienced by patients, their families, and caregivers. According to the CDC, Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects about 100,000 people in the United States; more than 90% are non-Hispanic Black or African Americans. The estimated life expectancy of those with SCD in the United States is more than 20 years shorter than the average expected. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin S, an abnormal type of hemoglobin.

Life After Sickle Cell: A Seven-Year-Old Was Cured Of The Disease Thanks To Her Younger Sister

Carol McGachie, a mom of two from West Lothian in Scotland, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma—a rare type of blood cancer—after experiencing a painful "intense tingling" throughout her body that wouldn't go away.

56-Year-Old Mom of Two’s Constant & Painful ‘Intense Tingling’ Turned Out To Be Blood Cancer

After reading my article, 10 Biblical Prayers to Encourage You through Chronic Illness, a reader wrote to me with questions we all need to answer. How does knowing God sympathizes and cares about our pain help if He doesn’t deal with it? Why doesn’t God take away our pain?

If God Cares about Our Pain Why Doesn’t He Take It Away?

If you’ve spent much of your life trying to get a grip on your emotions through therapy sessions, self-help books, medications, what have you, you can probably relate to Pixar’s new movie, Inside Out 2, which takes a deep dive into how anxiety and other emotions can make life a little messy sometimes.

‘Inside Out 2’ Writer Meg LeFauve Shares How Her Own Anxiety Helped Inspire the Movie

A woman who suffered repeated blackouts died after doctors failed to diagnose her irregular heartbeat, despite it being indicated in tests. Rose Fuentebaja from Stratford-upon-Avon had been in hospital for a week when she suffered a cardiac arrest and died in June 2017. Doctors at Warwick Hospital mistakenly believed the...

Mother died after doctors missed heart problem

As Covid cases continue to rise this summer, doctors are urging people to get tested if they’re feeling sick as it’s hard to diagnose symptoms alone. NBC News’ Erika Edwards reports on the latest Covid advice from doctors and the increase in new strains and mutations.

Doctors urge people to get tested amid a summer Covid wave

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What to Do If Your Doctor Isn’t Taking Your Period Pain Seriously

If you endure hellish pain when your period rolls around, it’s (understandably!) hard to think about anything but the agony your body is going through. But...

What to Do If Your Doctor Isn’t Taking Your Period Pain Seriously

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