Prompt treatment often prevents partial paralysis from becoming permanent. Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), sometimes called “mini-strokes,” temporarily interrupt blood flow to brain regions ...

Once damaged, it has limited ability to heal, leaving millions of people worldwide with permanent paralysis. However, a groundbreaking clinical trial in Japan has provided a glimmer of hope, ...

An Orange County woman who beat her 2-year-old stepson so badly that he was left with severe brain damage and permanent paralysis of his left side was sentenced Friday to 12 years to life in state ...