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Odom reportedly progressing after binge-induced coma

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Lamar Odom, pictured on February 8, 2013, remains in the intensive care unit at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, with serious medical concerns (AFP Photo/Mike Ehrmann)

Los Angeles (AFP) - Lamar Odom, the two-time NBA champion and reality TV star left fighting for life after a brothel binge, continues to improve in a Las Vegas hospital, US media reported Sunday.

The 35-year-old remained in the intensive care unit at Sunrise Hospital with serious medical concerns. But E! News, without citing its source, reported on its website that Odom had shown he could swallow -- a sign of neurological function -- and had been helped out of bed and into a chair for the first time since he was admitted on Tuesday night.