A prospective study has been done on the relationship between closed head trauma and aphasia. The most frequent type of aphasia seen after closed head injury is an anomic aphasia. This aphasia is ...

C7 neurotomy added to standard speech therapy enhances language recovery in patients with chronic post-stroke aphasia, a randomized trial suggests.

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Three main types of aphasia include Broca's, Wernicke's, and global aphasia. These and other types occur when parts of the brain associated with language ...

Christus Health marks National Aphasia Awareness Month by supporting stroke survivors and educating about aphasia’s impact on communication ...

June is Aphasia Awareness month, and a man from Pulaski County is bringing awareness to aphasia, a language disorder, after ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical ...

An aphasia patient read a poem, “Gone Fishing,” which she had written a year after suffering a stroke. The essence of her poem is that people with aphasia continue to “fish” for their words.

Phenylpropanolamine is commonly found in appetite suppressants and cough or cold remedies. Case reports have linked the use of products containing phenylpropanolamine to hemorrhagic stroke, often a ...

Stanford Doctors Invent Device That Appears to Be Able to Save Tons of Stroke Patients Before They Die "This is a sea-change." ...

Erythritol is a popular sugar substitute found in everything from protein bars to low-calorie ice creams. The version added to foods is commercially manufactured by fermenting corn — and it ...

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