Latest Neurological disorders News

NHL union will form committee to help players better understand traumatic brain injuries

Nov. 01, 2024 22:22 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The NHLPA will form an advisory committee to help hockey players better understand chronic traumatic encephalopathy and the damage that concussions can do to the brain. NHLPA president Marty Walsh said on Friday night that the CTE committee was unanimously approved at...

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago

Oct. 16, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe says it will compensate local and foreign white farmers who lost land and property more than 20 years ago in farm seizures meant to redress some of the wrongs of colonialism. About 4,000 white farmers lost their homes and swathes of land when the...

Brazilian moms are leading the charge to secure CBD for sick kids

Aug. 27, 2024 14:45 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — The 4-year-old boy struggled to balance while walking through the living room. His mother’s eyes attentively followed his every move. Then a seizure knocked him to the ground, the dull thud of his small body echoing through the home. On this July morning in...

Texas woman recovering after dramatic rescue from submerged vehicle

Aug. 14, 2024 22:26 PM EDT

WEST ORANGE, Texas (AP) — Newly available video shows police in southeast Texas making a dramatic water rescue of a woman whose vehicle was almost completely submerged in a pond. Jonquetta Winbush's two children, a 12-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl, managed to get out while...