Jake Haendel had “everything going for him.” He was newly married and working as a head executive chef in Boston when he received a devastating and life-changing diagnosis. In May 2017, Haendel ...

ATPL is an extremely rare brain disease that attacks the white matter of the brain. According to Science Direct, it can cause mild cognitive dysfunction, dementia, coma, and eventually, death. In 2017 ...

Gareth Bayley had a stroke in his brain stem when he was 38 — triggering locked-in syndrome, a devastating condition that his wife Karen explains as being "trapped in his own body” Those with ...

Former Bison women's basketball player Rachael Otto's success is now teaching some incredible lessons about perseverance and persistence as she deals with a debilitating stroke. Rachael Otto, a ...

A previously fit-and-healthy dad was left 'locked in his body' after a headache turned out to be a life-altering stroke. In April 2022, Gareth Bayley, from Bexley in South East London suffered from ...

Locked-in syndrome (or psuedocoma) is a rare neurological condition in which a person is consciously aware and the mind is still working while the body is paralyzed, including the muscles required for ...

In late June, Jake noticed that he could move his eyes up and down a little bit. What seems like such a simple task was huge for 28-year-old Jake Haendel: He had been bedridden and unable to move for ...