Aphasia

In April 2025, Elon Musk supervised a medical team that used Neuralink – a company Musk founded that develops brain-computer interfaces – to wake up 8-year-old Tristan Killip from a coma.

People who've had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain.

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Bobby Mukkamala, MD, was diagnosed with stage II glioma after experiencing aphasia at AMA meeting

An excerpt from Theodore H. Schwartz's book, Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

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A choir for stroke survivors is helping one musician find his singing voice again

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Tallulah Willis, the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, revealed her autism diagnosis in an Instagram post shared over the weekend. 'It's changed my life,' she wrote.

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, the mental decline of candidates Trump and Biden raises concerns about their fitness for office. Are we witnessing standard cognitive decline or signs of dementia? Experts weigh in on the implications for the leadership of the United States.

Former talk show host Wendy Williams and her team confirmed the news with a press release. Here's what they said.

Wendy Williams' team confirmed that the TV personality's health has taken a turn for the worse. She was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

News of the former TV host's medical diagnosis comes days ahead of the TV premiere of Where is Wendy Williams? — a two-part documentary detailing her health battles.

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia. The talk show maven's team initially shared that she was

CNN health reporter Jacqueline Howard discusses former talk show host Wendy Williams' diagnosis of progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

"For me knowledge is power, and building a supportive community around me has been vital," Heming Willis, 45, said in a statement.

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