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Spinal cord stimulation and physical therapy have helped a man paralysed since 2013 regain his ability to stand and walk with assistance. The results were achieved in a US research collaboration between Mayo Clinic and UCLA. With an implanted stimulator, the man was able to step with a front-wheeled walker while trainers provided occasional assistance. [...]
A Columbia University study in mice hints at new, activity-centred treatment strategies which could speed recovery times after brain damage or stroke, researchers say. They focused their study on the part of the cerebral cortex called the barrel cortex, which, in mice, is thought to be critical for sensing and analysing signals during “whisking” (moving [...]
It is a young, dynamic company with a passion for the delivery of patient centred care. This is led and delivered by a management team with enormous industry experience. Elysium Neurological is the neuro division of Elysium Healthcare which, having acquired a number of sites over the last 18 months, is now one of the [...]
Included are two aspects which are highly relevant to professionals working with clients with brain injuries: The recommendation that Independent Mental Capacity Advocates who deal with individuals affected by brain injury should have specific expertise about the condition Also, that executive impairment is not well assessed by a straightforward structured question and answer format, [...]
While there are no widely available treatments able to restore motor and sensory functions immediately after spinal cord injuries, the researchers believe more insight on the genes could lead to the discovery of biomarkers that predict recovery and pinpoint new targets for treatment. One of the hurdles preventing better spinal cord treatments is that scientists [...]
Cooling the body and brain after a traumatic brain injury has long been used as a technique to decrease inflammation, potentially minimising the long-term impact of the injury. Critics of the approach point to its possible complications and the questionable quality of data that evidences its positive effect. And now, Australian researchers claim it has [...]
Two baby brain injury incidents have resulted in landmark compensation awards totalling over £50m. In one case, a six-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic brain injury shortly after birth received more than £37m. He had contracted the herpes simplex virus at Watford General Hospital, resulting in a brain fever. This was not detected or acted [...]
The UK’s shortfall of neuro-rehab beds was laid bare recently, as a landmark report on the state of the national approach to brain injury was published. To truly meet demand, the country needs more than triple the current number of neuro- rehab beds, according to the report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Acquired Brain [...]
Exemplar care homes provide a home for a range of adults with complex needs and offer both end of life and long-term care for their service users. There can sometimes be the small ‘miracles’ for some families where their loved ones are placed in Exemplar homes cfor end of life care and they defeat the [...]
When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value- based decision making, they can predispose a person toward criminal behaviour, scientists say. Researchers examined MRI and CT scans of individuals known to have carried out crime. One group of 17 cases had a definitive correlation between criminal behaviour and a brain [...]
