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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. 

New evidence on the link between maternal diabetes and neural tissue damage in the fetus that can lead to profound disability or miscarriage has been uncovered.

New funds have been allocated to enable UK physios to access technology that creates ‘digital pathways’ for musculoskeletal services.

An immunological molecule called fractalkine can boost the production of brain cells that produce myelin, a key factor in diseases such as MS, a study shows.

Prolonged exposure to air pollution can be linked to an increased risk of stroke and coronary heart disease, even when levels are below the limits specified by the EU and WHO. This has been shown, among others, by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Helmholtz Zentrum München in Germany in a large European study [...]

Scientists have found an antibody treatment approach that could prevent the secondary effects of TBI, such as sleep disruption, epilepsy and inflammation.  

A care and rehab community has committed to providing at least the National Living Wage for its frontline care workers, as it seeks to remould perceptions of the care industry - a sector often portrayed as underpaid. Askham Village Community, a specialist family-run care and rehabilitation community, near Doddington, has unveiled the new package, which [...]

Ischemic stroke patients treated on a mobile stroke unit (MSU) received anti-clot medication faster and ended up with less disability at 90 days, according to a US study. Study results showed that patients treated on an MSU were more likely to receive the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) – 97 per cent compared to [...]

The latest innovation from Wiltshire Farm Foods involves the ‘browning’ effect of its duchess potatoes across the company’s award-winning Level 4 Purée Petite range, to enhance the visual appeal of its meals even further and bring the dignity back to dining.

Frontline healthcare workers need a range of ‘flexible’, ‘easily accessible’ and ‘consistent’ psychological support to overcome the significant mental health burden resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.