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By Steven Akerman, Brian Barr Solicitors The UK Government’s newly announced road safety strategy, which aims to reduce road fatalities and serious injuries by 65 per cent by 2035, is a significant and welcome development. For those of us who work closely with the consequences of road traffic collisions every day, this announcement represents both [...]
A simple tool predicts five-year dementia risk in stroke survivors using routine clinic and hospital data, an international team reports. The analysis drew on more than 2,600 stroke survivors across 12 studies in 10 countries, coordinated through the global Stroke and Cognition Consortium (STROKOG). Researchers found that a combination of age, sex, education, stroke severity, [...]
Two companies are collaborating to develop AI-driven MS therapies targeting myelin repair in multiple sclerosis and related disorders. By combining two distinct artificial intelligence platforms, the companies hope to create the first treatment capable of actively restoring the protective myelin coating around nerve fibres, potentially reversing neurological symptoms that current medications cannot address. The collaboration [...]
A tiny head impact sensor that detects dangerous blows instantly could reshape safety monitoring in sport, transport and other high-risk settings. The device acts like a safety switch that activates in response to sudden acceleration (a rapid change in speed), sensing forces from any direction and gauging their severity in real time. Roughly the size [...]
People experiencing delusions during psychosis may be ‘living out’ deep emotions, research suggests, offering a new way to understand the condition. The study sets out a “radically different perspective” on delusions, challenging older ideas that they are only a ‘glitched brain’. About 2-3 per cent of people in the UK and Australia experience psychosis, often [...]
MotoGP's governing body, the FIM, has published its first concussion guidelines for assessment and management for all levels of motorcycle competition. Concussions occur after a significant blow to the head, a high-risk scenario for riders in crashes. Across world sport, there has been a push to improve concussion response amid findings of the long-lasting impact [...]
Nearly all strokes and heart attacks follow one of four risk factors, new research shows. These include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and tobacco smoking, whether past or current. Together, they preceded 99 per cent of all cardiovascular events during a long-term study that analysed health data from more than 9 million [...]
Northern Scotland has one of the world's highest Huntington's disease rates, more than five times the estimated global average, new research shows. For the first time in 35 years, scientists have accurately quantified the number of people in the region carrying the gene that causes the condition. Using NHS family-based records, researchers identified more than [...]
An automated consciousness tool that fuses six tests has been built to sharpen diagnosis and estimate recovery in patients with disorders of consciousness. Tested in three European centres, the tool may help clinicians give more tailored assessments of disorders of consciousness, its developers say. After stroke, traumatic brain injury or cardiac arrest, some people sustain [...]
The nervous system's own immune cells help protect the spinal cord from age-related damage, research suggests. The findings may contribute to new knowledge about how certain neurological diseases arise. Ageing affects the entire body, including the spinal cord, which transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body. Researchers at Karolinska [...]
