Category: BRAIN

Does Loss of Smell in COVID Patients Mean the Virus Has Infected Their Brain?

Loss of smell = brain infection? Not so fast … It is now well-established that one of the most frequent symptoms of COVID-19 is the loss of smell. When the new coronavirus infects the nasal epithelium, does that mean that the virus can travel along the olfactory nerve into the brain? Recent publications make it…


First Impressions Count, and Have an Impact on the Decisions We Make Later On

Picture yourself standing at the edge of a road, trying to decide if it’s safe to cross. It’s night time and rain is falling, making it difficult to see what’s up ahead. After looking both ways, you step onto the road. But what if this was a poor choice? Perhaps you’ve misjudged the speed of…


Autopsy Reveals Severe Brain Trauma in Ex-NFL Player Who Shot 6

ROCK HILL, S.C.—An autopsy revealed unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina, before killing himself in April, authorities announced Tuesday. The 20 years Phillip Adams spent playing football “definitively … gave rise” to a diagnosis of stage 2…


Coroner to Issue Brain Test Results of NFL Player Who Shot 6

ROCK HILL, S.C.—A coroner is set to release test results Tuesday for a degenerative brain disease in the former NFL player suspected of fatally shooting six people in South Carolina before killing himself in April. The family of ex-football pro Phillip Adams agreed shortly after his death to have his brain tested for chronic traumatic…


Brain-Injured Man Back Home and Healing After Wife Refuses to Take Him Off the Ventilator

When a loving husband and father suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motorbike accident, his family was left reeling. Yet hope and faith compelled his wife to insist he remain on life support, despite his prognosis, and against doctors’ advice. Today, the father of two is home again, embarking on a gradual rehabilitation with…


Triathlete With Brain Cancer Who Considered Suicide Is Now Preparing for Ironman 70.3

A Hawaiin triathlete, husband, and father has chosen to turn a terminal cancer diagnosis into a reason to live life to the fullest. His tenacity is inspiring not only his family and doctors but also people far and wide. Over a year ago, Colin Clark, who lives on Hawaii’s Big Island of Kailua-Kona, was blindsided…


Girl Born With Two-Thirds of Her Brain Missing and No Eyeballs Defies Doctors’ Predictions

Upon hearing that their unborn baby daughter had enlarged ventricles in her skull and was missing two-thirds of her brain, parents Lorraine and Brian Bartholomew refused an abortion, firmly believing that God was in charge of their daughter’s destiny. Their little child, who was given a 1 percent chance of being born alive, defied the odds…