Today’s post will be based THIS article, so if you would like to know a bit more about what I will be talking about, I think you’d find it interesting to read it.
The mind is a very complex place, making the time taken to treat coma patients an eternity. This treatment can also be very risky, meaning that loved ones of the person usually have to decide what should happen. However, there has been no treatment that promises to bring somebody out of a coma in seconds. Until now.
Scientists claim to have found what they call an ‘on-off’ switch that could bring people in and out of consciousness, by simply using high-frequency electrical impulses to stimulate the region. So far, this has only been a clinical trial, which are not to be relied on. Nevertheless, if this study is based on truth, I look forward to seeing the ‘coma’ being a thing of the past, something that is not to be considered as a curse but just a phase.
I sincerely hope that this is the case, as it could save so many so much trouble and pain. Not to mention all of the resources it would save the NHS, allowing more time to treat other, more deadly diseases.
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than
society gathers wisdom.” – Isaac Asimov
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