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

Despite its growing impact, there is currently no cure and no widely used screening method that can detect the disease early, before it causes significant and often irreversible brain damage.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 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

Maybe from brain damage due to the dust; maybe she’s a special.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick