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  "path": "/2026/04/09/magazine/vegetative-states-conscious-aware.html",
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    "Brain",
    "Medicine and Health",
    "Life-Sustaining Support Systems, Withdrawal Of",
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  "textContent": "New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.",
  "title": "Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew"
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