Model Chantel Giacalone left brain damaged after eating pretzel, receives Rs 220 crore in compensation
In 2013, then-27-year-old Chantel Giacalone went into anaphylactic shock after biting into a pretzel infused with peanut butter while in Las Vegas for a convention, as per a report.
Apr 15, 2021, 20:30 PM IST
Zika brain damage may go undetected in pregnancy: Study
Brain damage was found in regions that generate new brain cells, and those that play a key role in memory and learning and contribute to brain health.
Feb 07, 2018, 18:30 PM IST
Excessive salt intake can cause dementia, warn researchers
In mice, the high-salt diet reduced the resting cerebral blood flow by 28 percent in the cortex and 25 percent in the hippocampus – brain regions involved in learning and memory.
Jan 18, 2018, 11:42 AM IST
Parents of UK baby Charlie Gard agree to let him die
The parents of Charlie Gard dropped their legal battle to give the terminally ill British baby further treatment on Monday.
Jul 24, 2017, 20:38 PM IST
Medical miracle! US doctors successfully reverse brain damage in unresponsive drowned toddler
In what can only be termed a medical miracle, the doctors successfully reversed the damage that the drowning had caused in her brain.
Jul 23, 2017, 17:54 PM IST
Ajax midfielder Abdelhak Nouri suffers 'serious and permanent' brain damage
The 20-year-old collapsed during a pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen in Austria on Sunday when his heart stopped.
Jul 13, 2017, 18:20 PM IST
New treatments for brain damage in the offing
The study suggests that rather than a single circuit being responsible for memory enhancement there are distinct independent circuits each capable of supporting the same enhancement.
May 16, 2017, 21:24 PM IST
Do you constantly check Facebook? If yes, then your brain might be at risk – Read story
The findings showed that when there is an imbalance between two cognitive-behavioural systems in the human brain, there is a higher rate of problematic use of social networking sites.
Mar 18, 2017, 13:42 PM IST
Researchers develop novel drug to repair brain damage in stroke patients
It can potentially reduce the number of brain cells destroyed by stroke and also help in repairing the damage done to a certain extent.
Nov 26, 2016, 18:24 PM IST
Stroke – 10 warning signs you should know!
Strokes can strike poeple of any age, including children, but adults over 65 years of age are most at risk.
Oct 13, 2016, 17:12 PM IST
How to tell if your child has cerebral palsy!
Cerebral palsy is caused by brain damage that happens before or during a baby's birth, or during the first years of a child's life.
Oct 05, 2016, 13:24 PM IST
Long-term damage seen from brain injuries: large study
The study in the journal PLOS Medicine included some 100,000 children and adolescents in Sweden who were born between 1973 and 1985 and had sustained at least one traumatic brain injury, or TBI, before the age of 25.
Aug 24, 2016, 00:42 AM IST
