At least 25% of unresponsive patients with a disorder of consciousness show signs of brain activity, an estimate that is higher than previous studies suggest. "We found that at least 1 in 4 patients ...

Researchers gave the patients verbal commands and measured patients’ mental activity through brain wave tests and functional MRIs. When a patient with a brain injury is unresponsive, doctors turn to ...

A severe brain injury can leave patients unresponsive to stimuli, but they may be more aware than we realize. A new study of brain activity has shown that up to a quarter of unresponsive patients may ...

A study published this week could help doctors to identify patients with brain injuries, in seemingly unresponsive states, who are more likely to recover. In the study, published in the journal Brain ...

One in four severe brain injury patients had cognitive-motor dissociation detected on EEG or fMRI. Despite appearing unresponsive, these patients repeatedly showed covert consciousness. Younger age, ...

An unresponsive patient who was at least 90 years old sat for two hours in the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital emergency department waiting room last year before having vitals taken and ...

When you dream, your mind is active, yet your body is mainly unresponsive unless woken up. A similar situation exists for some brain-injured patients who have lost consciousness—although these ...

A recent phase IIb SunRISe-1 study by Daneshmand, et al. evaluated TAR-200 therapy alone or in combination with cetrelimab in patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive high-risk ...

The fourth floor of the long-term-care hospital where I sometimes work houses patients with severe brain injuries. When I am called there to consult, I always hesitate before entering the room. Of all ...

Discussion on current and future treatments for BCG-unresponsive HR NMIBC presented at ESMO 2023. This is a video synopsis/summary of a panel discussion involving Sia Daneshmand, MD. Daneshmand ...

Unmet needs and treatment perspectives of patients (pts) with previously treated small cell lung cancer (SCLC): A global, qualitative interview study. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ...