Anomic aphasia involves difficulty finding the right word when speaking or writing. Learn more about its causes, diagnosis, and treatment options here.

Migraine episodes are mostly known for causing pain and discomfort, but they can also sometimes have neurological (brain-related) effects, including aphasia. Migraine headaches are intense headaches ...

Language shapes our thoughts—or does it? Decades of research on aphasia, the loss of language following brain injury, indicates that language and thought are distinct in the brain.

Wernicke’s Aphasia is the loss of the ability to speak and understand language. It occurs when a small area the the left middle side of the brain called the Wernicke’s area is damaged. Share on ...

Aphasia is a communication disorder that makes it hard to use words. It can affect your speech, writing, and ability to understand language. Aphasia results from damage or injury to parts of the brain ...

This story was originally published in 2022 after Bruce Willis' diagnosis. We are updating it after the news of Wendy Williams' diagnosis in Feb. 2024. The former talk show host Wendy Williams has ...

Living with aphasia has been compared to living in a country where you don’t speak the language. Gestures, sign language or other forms of communication may not be much help. And the people who want ...

Stroke and brain injury manifest in several ways, sometimes obviously – in difficulty enunciating words or retrieving them in conversation – sometimes subtly. My mother’s stroke left her with pure ...

Actor Bruce Willis, shown here in 2019, will be “stepping away” from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family said. Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the brain ...

Aphasia is a loss of language abilities that makes it hard for one to speak. It can be caused by a brain injury from a car ...

Bruce Willis will retire from acting after being diagnosed with the condition. Here’s what we know about it. By Dani Blum Bruce Willis, the film star known for his roles in “Die Hard” and “Pulp ...

Wendy Williams' attorney denies her dementia diagnosis after new evaluation, claiming the former talk show host doesn't have ...