Althia Bryden, a 58-year-old woman from Highbury, north London, has found herself at the center of a medical mystery after suffering a stroke earlier this year. On May 4, Bryden was discovered ...

A Highbury woman says a stroke left her with an Italian accent - despite her never having visited the country.

Althia Bryden, 58, has told of how she feels she has lost her identity after beginning speaking in the new accent after her stroke in May. The retired customer service adviser was diagnosed with ...

Althia Bryden, 58, was found unresponsive in bed by her husband, Winston, who described the moment as "terrifying" when he discovered his wife "staring and unable to talk". He immediately called ...

Althia Bryden, 58, began to speak as if she were from Rome not London sometime after her May medical event — adopting a stereotypical Italian accent as she uttered words such as “Mamma Mia,” ...

Neurological conditions are now the leading cause of ill health worldwide, yet remain an enigma. Meet the patients who baffle ...

"I remember thinking, 'Who is that talking?'" On 4 May, Althia Bryden was found in her bed unresponsive and with her face visibly drooping on the right side. The 58-year-old, from Highbury, north ...

Rose Griffiths' voice changed to 'posh' English sounding 'like the Queen' - while her Liverpudlian twang never returned.

Althia Bryden, a 58-year-old retired customer service advisor from London, was left unable to speak or feel the upper right side of her body in May this year. After surgery in August to remove the ...

Althia Bryden, 58, was found unresponsive by her husband Winston one evening after suffering a stroke caused by a carotid web, a shelf-like structure in the neck that can interrupt the blood flow ...