Brain injury
A national initiative has been launched to help increase the support, advice and resources for families affected by acquired brain injury (ABI).
In our latest interview with the Brain Injury team at St Andrew’s Healthcare, we meet Dr Lorraine Childs, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist on Rose ward, one of only three secure neurobehavioural units in the country.
Brain injury survivors, and the professionals who support them in their lives, are being educated in the risks of using the internet and how to maximise safety when going online by the UK’s only cyber safeguarding specialist of its kind.
Schools are to be recognised for their commitment to supporting children with acquired brain injuries (ABI) and their families through the introduction of a new accreditation.
The UK’s largest private brain injury rehabilitation provider has been acquired, in a move hailed as “building the next step” for the business.
Limiting screen time for young adults after concussion results in shorter duration of symptoms, new research has revealed.
Scientists have found an antibody treatment approach that could prevent the secondary effects of TBI, such as sleep disruption, epilepsy and inflammation.
A breakthrough in technology will mean hypoxic-ischemic brain injury will be better assessed in survivors of cardiac arrest.
Recovery from concussion could take up to 28 days - double the previous suggested recovery time, new research has revealed.
Brain injury charity Headway has reiterated calls for "barbaric" boxing to be banned following the tragic death of a teenage boxer in Canada.
