SLT needed ‘quickly, frequently and intensively’ for aphasia
Study reveals window for optimum gains for those whose stroke has led to communication difficulties
Can the eye hold the key to brain injury detection?
New diagnostic test developed which can determine biomarkers through shining a laser into a person's eye
Heading football ‘linked to measurable brain decline’
Change in brain structure and decrease in verbal learning performance both observed over two-year study
No ‘smoking gun’ to link wellbeing and internet use
Major international study reveals detrimental link between being online and psychological impact is 'very small'
Always believe in the dream
How, after brain injury, Sean Dolan has returned to his dream career as a teacher
Rapid access pathway supporting hundreds of patients
Hundreds of patients have been treated in an innovative rapid access pathway, which speeds up access to an initial neurological assessment. Born from the need to reduce pressures on A&E services during the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians at The Walton Centre devised a criteria which would allow patients presenting with certain symptoms to be rapidly referred to the specialist neurosciences Trust.
‘Give adaptive athletes a level playing field’
World-leading adaptive athlete calls for fairness after being denied win in major global event through rule change
‘Unseen, unheard, unsupported’
Dementia carers lay bare the struggles they face in delivering essential care, and the challenges to their own wellbeing
‘It’s easy to look OK when you’re not OK’
Entrepreneur Kevin Redman is rebuilding his life and returning to work having lost his business when stroke struck
Lab-grown small blood vessels support stroke prevention
New study also identifies drugs to target 'leaks' seen in blood vessels which can lead to stroke and vascular dementia
