This is stroke awareness month. One possible long-term complication of stroke is aphasia. The disorder gained awareness when Bruce Willis was diagnosed. Aphasia is a language disorder that occurs when ...

Compared with standard intensive speech and language therapy (iSLT) alone, right-sided cervical C7 neurotomy combined with iSLT significantly improved language function in patients with chronic ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among patients with chronic aphasia following stroke, combining right seventh cervical nerve (C7) neurotomy with intensive speech and language ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She's in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...

Although aphasia has been in the news lately, few people have more than a cursory understanding of the condition and how it affects the lives of the more than 2 million people in the U.S. who live ...

A new study at The University of Texas at Dallas could help researchers better understand how a stroke can affect the speech and language areas of the brain. It could also help diagnose aphasia — or ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Cerebrolysin, a porcine-derived collection of growth factors already employed for a broad array of neurodegenerative disorders in Asia and Eastern Europe, was effective for ...

A 72-year-old woman presents to an emergency department (ED) in Denver, with confusion and aphasia. She has been sent from a nursing home, where she is receiving treatment for an acute kidney injury, ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She’s in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...