paralysis
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According to Mayo Clinic, the condition causes temporary weakness or paralysis of facial muscles, and Brolin felt there was “nothing else to blame” for the symptoms.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
A U.S.-based chain of medbed operators called Tesla BioHealing has been flagged by federal regulators for claiming that its “Life Force Energy” treatments can cure stroke paralysis, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and terminal cancer.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Roughly half of those who experience one are left with lasting problems such as paralysis or difficulty speaking.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Though Liniger continued to live with significant paralysis on her left side after the plane wreck, she learned to play golf with one arm immobilized in a sling and became an accomplished one-armed golfer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He also survived cerebral malaria, a severe mosquito-borne illness that can cause paralysis, coma, and death.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
It's the love that I have for him sometimes paralyses me.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
Sometimes these compounds act as deterrents: nicotine, for example, is produced by some plants and paralyses insects, whereas caffeine suppresses their appetite.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 24, 2020
Nothing proved more vividly the maxim that technology renders civilisation fragile than the great traffic paralyses of the late seventies.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019
Asked if she feared for her life, she said: “No. Fear paralyses people. And if you want changes, you should overcome yourself.”
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2018
Snake venom paralyses the muscles of respiration, and the patient ceases to breathe.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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