One of the more horrifying disorders one can exper...  ...ity that completely paralyzed patients may retain consciousness , so they consult with neurologist Steven Laureys...  ...t aimed at rehabilitation.Once the possibility of consciousness is determined, medical science has ways of stimul...

Anesthetics cause paralysis, block pain, and suppr...  ...thetics cause paralysis, block pain, and suppress consciousness , except when they don't. Anesthesiologists know a...  .... That's because we really don't understand human consciousness . And from the stories that crop up now and again,...  ...And from th...