However, Mr Justice Hayden said: “This condition has been, historically, categorised as a ‘persistent vegetative state’. It is a term which has been used in the case papers and in evidence.

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Although he was not in a permanently unconscious state (sometimes called the "persistent vegetative state"), Robert was paralyzed on his right side and could not talk or meaningfully communicate with ...

A man in France has regained some degree of consciousness after being in a vegetative state for 15 years. Doctors treated the 35-year-old, injured in a car accident, with an experimental therapy ...

In 1990, the tortured life of Nancy Cruzan came to an end. In a persistent vegetative state from an automobile accident seven years earlier, Cruzan was allowed to die when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled ...

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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are toxic substances composed of organic (carbon-based) chemical compounds and mixtures. They include industrial chemicals like PCBs and pesticides like DDT. The ...

He was declared a dangerous offender and handed an indefinite sentence. The woman remains in a persistent vegetative state, unable to speak or move. At his parole hearing in B.C., Muckle first ...

He was declared a dangerous offender and handed an indefinite sentence. The woman remains in a persistent vegetative state, unable to speak or move. At his parole hearing in B.C., Muckle refused ...

CALGARY — The Parole Board of Canada says a man who assaulted a young pregnant woman and left her for dead remains too dangerous to be released into the community. Albert Muckle, who is now 44 ...