Coma Survivors Foundation

06/18/2025

Even memories that we have forgotten seem to guide our actions, which could tell us more about how they are stored in the brain.

“People intuitively think of memory as something we can recall and wax poetic about,” says Nick Turk-Browne at Yale University, who wasn’t involved in the work. “But we don’t spend most of our days sitting around remembering the past. We’re working, and being parents and having fun, and our memory has this ever-present influence on our behaviour. I would guess 95 per cent of our mind operates in the shadows like this.”

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2484553-your-forgotten-memories-continue-to-influence-the-choices-you-make/

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06/06/2025

A device that massages the face and neck boosts the brain’s waste disposal system, suggesting it could reduce the severity of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bathes our brain, pumped into it before leaving through a network of thin tubes called glymphatic vessels. Studies in mice have shown that this fluid flushes out waste products made by brain cells, including beta-amyloid, a protein linked to conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2483083-massaging-the-neck-and-face-may-help-flush-waste-out-of-the-brain/

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06/05/2025

05/28/2025

Learn more: https://technet.works/PTSD_Vagus

05/03/2025

The human brain may be "salvageable for not only hours but possibly days" after death.

Dr. Sam Parnia, an associate professor at NYU’s Langone Medical Center and a leading voice in near-death research, is challenging one of humanity's oldest assumptions: that death is final.

"I have been researching death for 30 years. I am now convinced it is reversible," he says.

In a striking interview, Parnia argued that death should be viewed not as a fixed state, but as a treatable injury.

Drawing on his team's groundbreaking research, he points to cases where brain activity and even memory returned in patients an hour after cardiac arrest, suggesting that the window for revival may be much wider than previously thought.

Parnia’s work includes studies showing signs of cognition after death and experiments using advanced interventions like ECMO machines and what he calls “CPR cocktails” — a mix of drugs designed to aid in resuscitation. Though the concept may seem straight out of science fiction, the results are pushing the boundaries of what modern medicine can achieve. Parnia contends that, with the right tools and timing, people may not need to stay dead after cardiac arrest — a radical idea that could redefine how we perceive life, death, and everything in between.

learn more https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/heart-health/sam-parnia-the-doctor-taking-on-death/

05/02/2025

Today is the anniversary of when I woke from my coma. What are some of your memories of your,”other Birthday/day you woke.”

04/27/2025

04/04/2025

My coma anniversary is today. Always a giant reminder of the experience and recovery process. We never forget what we went through.
I’m glad I’m back.
Sending positive energy to you all.

01/31/2025

Any funny or interesting stories you or your families recall while you were in your coma?