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
Grace was fortunate to have no brain damage when she was brought out of her coma.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 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 was a sign I probably hadn’t suffered brain damage during the half day on the operating table.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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