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A dedicated clinic for retired elite rugby players who have concerns over their brain health, which will also help advance world-leading research into brain injury in sport, has opened in the UK. 

The opening of one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive neuroscience centres has been hailed as helping to pave the way towards a “new era” of research. 

Zeit Medical has raised $2m in a seed round for its stroke detection headband. The device features a lightweight electroencephalogram (EEG) which works with a smartphone app to analyse brain activity and watch for signs of stroke. Research so far suggests that the device could alert people to a potential stroke hours before they would [...]

People experiencing Long COVID may have symptoms for at least 12 months after the initial COVID-19 infection, a new study has revealed. 

Stroke survivors in the West of Scotland will soon have access to cutting-edge AI and robotics rehabilitation technology thanks to a new partnership between the University of Strathclyde and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS). Academics at the university’s Department of Biomedical Engineering are working with CHSS to integrate its research with CHSS’s Hospital to [...]

An online exercise group which offers specially-devised classes for people with neurological conditions has marked its first anniversary by winning national recognition for its work. 

SR Times interviews the head of Britain's largest stroke charity amid new challenges for stroke professionals and survivors.

A fund to support footballers living with dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions must be established by football stakeholders, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has said. 

Due to the improvement of medicine and the consequent increase in overall life expectancy, the prevalence of neurological disorders and need for neurorehab among the population is becoming higher and higher.

The UK neuro-rehab community is being encouraged to back a landmark bill that could dramatically improve services for brain injury survivors.