brain damage

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He defended crafts chain Michael’s against claims that toxic levels of carbon monoxide at one of its stores caused brain damage to an employee’s unborn daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Baby Alissa suffered severe brain damage due to a lack of oxygen caused by the placenta coming away from the womb wall.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Evangeline Lilly says she has brain damage after fainting and falling on a boulder at a beach in Hawaii last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Three months ago, another international team of scientists involving researchers in China, Spain and the U.K. also found they were able to undo physical brain damage in mice that resulted from Alzheimer’s.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

It is not easy, however, to separate brain damage from the effects of fear.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston