Bruce Willis’ family shared last week that he was one of the millions of people diagnosed each year with aphasia, an impairment that alters a person’s ability to speak or read Julie Mazziotta is the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mom had a stroke recently and is really struggling with her speech. She’s in speech therapy, but could you please tell me more about this side effect of a stroke? ANSWER: Aphasia ...

Here's why Willis may be having speech and comprehension difficulties. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Actor Bruce Willis, whose ...

Aphasia is a disorder that results in loss of language, usually due to damage to the parts of the brain responsible for language. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other ...

This week we are going to discuss something not related to the musculoskeletal system but more related to a condition of the brain, that is to say a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or stroke.

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

Aphasia (uh-fay'-zhuh) is a communication disorder that can affect a person's ability to use and understand spoken or written words. It results from damage to the side of the brain dominant for ...

Actor Bruce Willis is taking a break from acting and his family announced on social media Wednesday that the 67-year-old has been diagnosed with aphasia. "Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we ...

Bruce Willis, 67, is retiring from acting following a diagnosis of aphasia, his family revealed on social media. Aphasia is a disorder that impacts the expression and understanding of language after ...