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MS and a loss for words

Trevis Gleason shares the frustrating reality of anomia, or trouble with word retrieval, in multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. When you have it, your immune system -- your body's defense against germs -- attacks the insulation, or myelin, ...
A speech disorder is any condition that affects a person’s ability to produce sounds that create words. Damage to muscles, nerves, and vocal structures can cause it. Examples include stuttering and ...