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It started with tingling hands. Then Mallory was plunged into a ‘waking coma’ unable even to scream. What she heard still haunts her…

It started with tingling hands. Then Mallory was plunged into a ‘waking coma’ unable even to scream. What she heard still haunts her…

It’s the stuff of nightmares. Fully conscious, aware of everything and everyone yet unable to move, communicate, or even breathe unassisted. Some call it ‘locked in syndrome.’ Mallory Wilkerson refers to it as a ‘waking coma’, and it was her horrifying reality for three agonizing months back in the fall of 2024. That was when, within the space of 24 …

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A dangerous condition that can cause seizures, coma and death could rise dramatically as the climate warms

A dangerous condition that can cause seizures, coma and death could rise dramatically as the climate warms

MAHARASHTRA, INDIA — After working in a sugarcane field for an hour, Shakuntala Admane began to feel lightheaded, but she persisted for another four hours. Then, as the temperature soared above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius), she collapsed. Medical tests later confirmed that the 60-year-old agricultural worker had hyponatremia, a condition in which the sodium level in the blood …

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