Brain injury

Headway Shropshire will reopen its Shrewsbury centre after a £600,000 refurbishment supported by National Lottery funding. The charity will hold a grand reopening at its Headway Hub at Oxon Business Park on Thursday, October 8, inviting the local community to see the changes.   Norman Harris, co-founder of Headway Shropshire and a user [...]

A nurse who began her career supporting young people in Nigeria has described how her journey to the UK and experience across specialist healthcare settings ultimately led her to Cygnet Paddocks, where she says she has found the “missing piece” of her nursing career. For Oluwatobi Olaojoyetan, known as Tobi, nursing has always been more [...]

A stroke may make the most common type of adult brain cancer grow faster and spread further, according to new research in human and mouse models The study examined how stroke may influence glioma, a type of brain tumour described by the researchers as the most prevalent and aggressive malignant brain tumour in adults. Stroke [...]

Reviewed by Warren Collins, partner and solicitor-advocate, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP The title is deliberately unglamorous, and that is the point. Very few of us give any thought at all to the sequence of decisions and movements involved in lifting a fork to the mouth, and none of us can remember learning it. For a [...]

A rapid genetic test could identify brain tumour type in under two hours, potentially allowing treatment decisions to be made sooner. The NHS is piloting the test, which analyses DNA from tumour tissue and could provide results in hours rather than the weeks diagnosis can currently take. Results may help surgeons decide how much tumour [...]

More than 100 riders allege brain injuries after riding Six Flags’ X2 roller coaster in the past two years, according to attorneys. The claims follow a CNN investigation into reports of serious injuries and hospital admissions associated with the ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California. Three lawsuits were filed this week alleging [...]

A Middlesbrough hospital and a Darlington doctor have scooped national awards in recognition of the difference they are making to the lives of those hospitalised with a brain injury. Organised by Cygnet Health Care, one of the UK’s largest independent providers of specialised mental health services, the Special Recognition award celebrates a hospital that has [...]

Researchers in Portugal are investigating a promising new treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) after discovering that the brain's two hemispheres respond differently to trauma. Initial findings also suggested the treatment helped protect the blood-brain barrier and reduce neuroinflammation. Researchers at the University of Coimbra are investigating neuropeptide Y, a molecule that occurs [...]

ReEmerge has raised US$37m to fund a clinical study of its brain injury therapy in people with chronic moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. The Minnesota-based medtech company emerged from stealth on 15 September with an oversubscribed Series A financing. Its Cognitive Network Restoration Therapy (CNRT) targets neural networks in the central thalamus, a brain region involved [...]

Neuro-rehab provider Cygnet is celebrating after being named as a finalist in two categories at the National Care Awards 2026. Cygnet Social Care has been shortlisted for Specialist Care Provider of the Year - Large Group, while Cygnet’s apprenticeship programme is in the running for Apprenticeship Scheme of the Year. The double shortlisting recognises Cygnet’s [...]