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NEWS ABOUT: coma

coma stories: 15 news summaries

Second US Flu Victim Gave Birth Last Week

Texas teacher's family mourns as deadly outbreak wanes

May 6, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Texas woman who died yesterday after suffering from swine flu was a teacher who gave birth to a healthy baby girl last week by Cesarean section, the AP reports. Judy Trunnell, 33, was hospitalized after she had difficulty breathing 2 weeks ago and later fell into a coma. Texas... More »

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Texas • Mexico • coma • cesarean section • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Judy Trunnell • Harlingen, Texas

Usher Wife Was in Coma After Liposuction Heart Attack

She's recovering now with family at her side

Feb 12, 09 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Usher's wife was in a coma following a heart attack during liposuction surgery, according to the latest details to emerge in the medical emergency at a Brazilian hospital, reports Stuff.co.nz. Tameka Foster went into cardiac and respiratory arrest as she was being anesthetized, Brazilian papers are reporting. Doctors... More »

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plastic surgery • Brazil • cosmetic surgery • cardiac arrest • liposuction • coma • anesthesia • Usher • Tameka Foster

'Italy's Terri Schiavo' Dies 

Lawmakers were debating PM's bill against euthanasia when news broke

Feb 9, 09 5:49 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman who sparked debate over right-to-die laws in Italy has died after 17 years in a coma, the Times of London reports. Italian lawmakers, led by PM Silvio Berlusconi, were debating an emergency bill to keep Eluana Englaro alive at the time. The law would forbid carers of those... More »

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Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • right to die • Silvio Berlusconi • coma • Eluana Englaro • vegetative state • Bill Maher Grid

Pope: Don't
End Comatose Woman's Life

Joins PM Berlusconi
in fighting Italian
Terry Schiavo case

Feb 7, 09 9:31 AM CST
(AP) - Pope Benedict today waded into a fiercely debated right-to-die case in Italy, affirming the "absolute and supreme" need to protect life even when "weak and shrouded in the mystery of suffering." The pontiff's last-minute intervention in the case of a woman who has been in a coma... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Italy • Terri Schiavo • right to die • Silvio Berlusconi • coma

glossies

Sunny von Bulow 'Was Like Sleeping Beauty'

Dunne recalls the woman behind the high-society scandal

Feb 5, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Sunny von Bülow's death in December after 28 years in a coma brought her children no peace, writes the journalist most closely associated with the story, Dominick Dunne of Vanity Fair. Her son's voice when he called with the news contained no "sense of 'Thank God it’s... More »

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New York • Vanity Fair • celebrity trials • Dominick Dunne • coma • scandal • von Bulow • Claus von Bulow • Martha "Sunny" von Bulow

Attenborough Falls, Slips Into Short Coma

Gandhi director, 85,
in hospital after
'banging his head'

Dec 21, 08 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Acclaimed director and actor Sir Richard Attenborough fell at his London home and briefly slipped into a coma, reports the Times of London. The Oscar-winning director of Gandhi, 85, is recovering in the hospital, but his family is unsure whether he'll be home for Christmas. Attenborough received a pacemaker after... More »

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London • celebrity • hospital • film director • actor • coma

OBITUARY

Sunny von Bülow Dies in Coma at 76

Heiress' husband accused twice of
trying to kill her

Dec 6, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Sunny von Bülow, the heiress whose second husband was twice accused of trying to kill her, died today after lying in a coma for nearly 28 years, the New York Times reports. Von Bülow’s first marriage to an Austrian playboy prince ended in divorce, and she became... More »

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crime • New York • heiress • insulin • coma • Newport • Claus von Bulow • Martha "Sunny" von Bulow

Fashion Maven Mr. Blackwell Emerging From Coma

Critic, 85, fell at his home last week

Aug 7, 08 10:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mr. Blackwell, the former fashion designer whose scathing "Worst-Dressed List" is the bane of taste-challenged Hollywood, appears to emerging from a coma after collapsing at home earlier this week, Reuters reports. The 85-year-old Richard Blackwell was unconscious when hospitalized Tuesday, the AP notes, but today he began moving his... More »

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Victoria Beckham • Amy Winehouse • Mary-Kate Olsen • Mr. Blackwell • coma • Worst Dressed List • Cedars Sinai Medical Center • Richard Blackwell • Jayne Mansfield • Jane Russell

Boxer Diaz
In Coma After Brain Surgery

Welterweight fighter collapsed in the ring after 10 rounds

Jul 18, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boxer Oscar Diaz remains in a coma after undergoing surgery to relieve swelling on his brain after he collapsed during a match, ESPN reports. Although his vital signs are good, Diaz is relying on a ventilator to breathe and his condition is "touch-and-go, very critical," said fight organizer... More »

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boxing • San Antonio • welterweight • coma • brain surgery • Oscar Diaz

Dungeon Girl Will Make Full Recovery: Docs

Kerstin Fritzl will develop normally, 'happy' to be with family

Jun 11, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A teenager who spent her life imprisoned in an Austrian cellar will recover fully and “develop normally” after major organ failure, said doctors at the hospital where she was treated. Kerstin Fritzl was recently awoken from an induced coma and reunited with her mother and siblings, who now live... More »

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Austria • hospital • reunion • coma • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Kerstin Fritzl

 Dungeon Girl Wakes From Coma 

Reunited with freed mom after life in cellar

Jun 10, 08 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A teenager held captive her entire life in an underground dungeon with her mother and siblings has awoken from a seven-week coma, reports the Daily Telegraph. Kerstin Fritzl, 19, was reunited with her mother and other family members in a secure medical ward after flickering back to consciousness. There... More »

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coma • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Kerstin Fritzl • sex slave • Amstetten-Mauer clinic

Docs Bringing Fritzl Daughter
Out of Coma

Hospitalization of Kerstin led to discovery of incest dungeon

May 27, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors are attempting to bring Kerstin Fritzl—the girl Josef Fritzl fathered with his own daughter in an Austrian dungeon—out of an induced coma, the Guardian reports. Kerstin, 19, was admitted to hospital April 19 with multiple organ failure, and was sent into a coma to give her time... More »

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coma • incest • Josef Fritzl • Kerstin Fritzl • dungeon

Dungeon Daughter Will Probably Die

Police would consider murder charges against Fritzl

May 2, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kerstin Fritzl, the eldest of Josef Fritzl’s “downstairs family,” has slipped into a coma from which she is unlikely to recover, the Daily Telegraph reports. “She is suffering from multiple organ failure,” said a hospital spokesman. “That means her chances of survival are... More »

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Austria • child abuse • child neglect • coma • Josef Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Kerstin Fritzl

Ariel Sharon
Turns 80 in Coma

No change in former Israeli PM's condition, doctors not optimistic

Feb 27, 08 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon turned 80 yesterday, still in a coma from a massive stroke in January 2006. Family members gathered at the hospital to mark the occasion, the Jerusalem Post reports. Among them was his eldest son, Omri, due to start a seven-month jail sentence today for... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Ariel Sharon • coma • Omri Sharon

Woman Sues Meth Dealer Over OD

The darnedest part? She wins

Jan 10, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - A 23-year-old Canadian woman is suing her drug dealer for selling her the crystal meth she overdosed on in 2004, the Leader-Post reports. And since the judge struck down the defendant’s testimony on Friday, she’s essentially won—an outcome her attorney says is the first of its... More »

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drugs • overdose • lawsuit • crystal meth • coma • drug dealer • Sandy Bergen

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