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Saved... by sums: Maths fan aged 15 is roused from coma by her father's mental arithmetic questions - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Vicki Alex's love of maths had helped her pass the time on many a long car journey. Little did she know it would one day save her life.
The 15-year-old was woken from a coma when her father began asking her simple sums. "
Baby's voice 'helped E-coli mother wake from coma' - Daily Telegraph 9th October 2009
"A mother, Karen Morrisroe-Clutton, who fell into a coma after contracting the lethal food poisoning bacteria E.coli was brought back to life after hearing the sound of her baby son's voice. "
Coma mother wakes after hearing gurgles from 11-week-old son - Daily Mail 8th October 2009
"As she lay in a coma after contracting the lethal food poisoning bacteria E.coli, Karen Morrisroe-Clutton felt ill enough to slip away and die.
But when she heard the gurgling of her newborn son, she knew she had to fight on. "
Baby's voice 'saved coma mother' - BBC Health News 7th October 2009
"A woman who was in an induced coma after contracting E. coli says the sound of her baby's voice helped to pull her through her ordeal.
Karen Morrisroe-Clutton, aged 32, a librarian from Wrexham, was affected by the bug at the end of July when her son Oliver was 10 weeks old. "
Melissa Viney on the rehabilitation treatment her housemate received from the NHS - The Guardian 2nd September 2009
After her housemate fell into a coma, Melissa Viney was told he might not walk again. But was his rehabilitation treatment through the hands-off NHS part of the problem?
Girl, three, sings Mamma Mia as she comes round from meningitis - The Telegraph 26th May 2009
A three-year-old girl struck down by meningitis recovered and came round singing the words to the Abba song Mamma Mia days after her family were told to kiss her goodbye.
Meningitis girl in coma wakes up singing Abba's Mamma Mia - Daily Mail 26th May 2009
When little Layla Towsey was struck down by meningitis, her family was told to kiss her goodbye.
The three-year-old from Gidea Park in Essex, fell ill last month and suffered a heart attack just two hours after being admitted to hospital.
Silvio Berlusconi attacks Italian president over death of coma woman - The Telegraph 11th February 2009
Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said a woman who was allowed to die after being in a coma for 17 years was "killed" by her doctors.
Coma victim at centre of Italy's 'right to die' fight dies after clinic stops her food - Daily Mail 10th February 2009
Eluana Englaro, the 38-year-old comatose woman who was at the centre of an Italian right-to-die case, died this evening.
A minister announced her death as MPs were hurriedly debating a law that would have forced the clinic where she was being cared for to resume feeding her
Italian coma battle woman dies - BBC Health News 9th February 2009
Eluana Englaro, the Italian woman at the centre of a right-to-die debate, has died, the health minister has said.
Maurizio Sacconi made the announcement in Italy's Senate as politicians were debating a law that would have forced doctors to continue feeding her.
Women who drink too much in labour risk convulsions and coma - The Telegraph 27th January 2009
Women who drink too much water during labour risk suffering from convulsions or even falling into a coma, researchers claim.
Husband's kiss woke 'sleeping beauty wife' in coma after heart attack - Daily Mail 26th January 2009
After two weeks sitting by his wife's bedside hoping she would wake from a coma, Andrew Ray was at his wits' end.
Doctors had told him Emma could become a real-life sleeping beauty when she failed to regain consciousness after a heart attack.
The distraught father of two played her tapes of their baby son crying and their daughter shouting 'wake up Mummy!'.
Carlisle boy in coma after contracting meningitis - Carlisle News & Star 1st November 2008
A boy of 12 is in a coma in hospital after he contracted the potentially-deadly meningitis bug.
At one stage Connor Tyson, of Carlisle, a Trinity School pupil, was given just 40 per cent chance of survival and had to undergo emergency brain surgery.
Coma boy's miraculous recovery - Manchester Evening News 3rd November 2008
WHEN football fanatic Haseem Ahmed fell into a coma with a mystery virus, doctors feared he would never kick a ball again.\n\nThe 14-year-old had gone to bed with severe tonsillitis and did not wake up the following morning. His elder brother Hamzah, 19, had to give him emergency mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Magnetic field 'aids coma victim' - BBC Health News 17th October 2008
A US patient left in a coma-like state after a road accident recovered the ability to speak after repeated exposure to a magnetic field.
Josh Villa had not been expected to recover from massive head injuries.
Coma victim able to speak again after pioneering magnetic field therapy - Daily Mail 16th October 2008
A man who suffered brain damage in a car crash can speak again after doctors waved a magnet against his head while he was in a coma.
Doctors believe the electromagnetic field encouraged nerve cells to send a 'wake-up' signal to the brain.
Dcotors defy Italian courts and keep woman in a coma alive - The Telegraph 4th September 2008
Italian health officials have refused to switch off a life support system keeping a woman who has been in a coma for 16 years alive despite a court order.
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