Nation Mar 08 Experts say Maine mass shooter’s brain injury doesn’t explain his violence By Holly Ramer, Michael Casey, Associated Press
Nation May 30 Ralph Yarl walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell — walked at a brain injury awareness event in his first major public appearance since the shooting. By Associated Press
Health Apr 25 Scientists get one step closer to decoding thoughts into speech Using electrodes and computer algorithms, researchers have generated intelligible sentences from the thoughts of people without speech difficulties, sparking hope that similar technology could eventually provide a voice to people who can't speak. By Karen Weintraub, Scientific American
World Sep 01 U.S. diplomats union: Attacks in Cuba caused mild brain injury American diplomats who served in Cuba have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury following mysterious, unexplained attacks on their health, the union that represents U.S. diplomats said Friday. By Josh Lederman, Associated Press
Health Jun 05 Was boxing to blame for Parkinson’s disease in Muhammad Ali? Muhammad Ali was still boxing professionally when observers first noticed signs of neurological decline, and many have been quick to link his profession to his diagnosis, years later, of Parkinson’s disease. By Bob Tedeschi, STAT
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