The Cognitive Recovery Lab at the Georgetown University Medical Center presented their new findings — at the Meeting of the ...

The frontal and temporal lobes of your brain shrink when you have primary progressive aphasia. There are three types, or variants ... with PPA is 12 years after diagnosis. As the disease ...

A new treatment has been shown to significantly improve the speech and word production of stroke patients ... patients with aphasia across the NHS to access intensive treatment, and improve their ...

After a stroke or brain injury, many people have trouble talking. One type of communication disorder that's common after brain damage is expressive aphasia. With this condition, you generally ...

Even after a person has recovered ... “People who suffer from aphasia may find it difficult to understand, speak, read, or write,” said Dr Gupta. Stroke survivors also suffer from cognitive ...

An estimated 40% of people who have had a stroke have aphasia. As many as half of them experience aphasia symptoms even a ...

Regular health check-ups, controlling risk factors like hypertension, smoking, and high cholesterol, and lifestyle changes can prevent strokes.

Mr Docksey said living with aphasia is "frustrating" and it has a huge impact on his life every day A stroke survivor is calling for more understanding of his communication condition. Mark Docksey ...

Turkeltaub, MD, Ph.D., director of the Cognitive Recovery Lab and the Aphasia Clinic at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC. "Most research on depression after stroke focuses ...