New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.

The New York Times Magazine explores how a growing body of research is upending what doctors thought they knew about people ...

Let’s say something bad happens — a crash, a fall, a stroke, an overdose. Your brain absorbs a violent shock or a period ...

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