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Researchers have discovered that irregular brain signals, previously dismissed as 'noise', track Parkinson's symptoms more accurately than traditional markers. The finding could help improve deep brain stimulation (DBS), a treatment that uses mild electrical pulses to ease symptoms by modulating abnormal brain activity. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, working with teams from [...]
This blog was written thanks to the expertise of the Brian Barr Solicitors team, including Alex Cohen, Philip Cohen and Steven Akerman, leading experts in compensation claims for chronic pain and serious injury. Road Safety Week is a time to stop and reflect – not just on the numbers, but on the people behind them. [...]
Scientists say breakdown of perineuronal nets around brain cells may explain why people with Alzheimer's forget loved ones. The findings could lead to new treatments using drugs already available for other conditions, researchers said. A devastating consequence of the disease is that patients forget even close family and friends. Exactly which brain changes drive this [...]
A charity dinner dance in Glasgow has raised more than £121,200 for spinal injury survivors. Digby Brown's annual Winter Dinner Dance for Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS) saw more than 520 people attend the event at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Friday 7 November. Hosted by broadcaster Des Clarke, attendees enjoyed a live band, games and [...]
A neurologist and geneticist at the University of Sheffield has been appointed to the first Rob Burrow Professorship in Translational Neurobiology named after the late rugby league player Rob Burrow CBE. Funded by the MND Association in honour of its late patron, the Professorship was awarded to Dr Johnathan Cooper-Knock who is based at the [...]
Onward Medical has secured FDA 510(k) clearance expanding ARC-EX for home use, widening access to non-invasive spinal cord stimulation for people with upper-limb deficits after spinal cord injury. ARC-EX spinal cord stimulation therapy delivers targeted, programmed electrical stimulation through the skin to the spinal cord. Electrodes placed on the back of the neck provide non-invasive [...]
Stroke patients at a Wakefield hospital are being encouraged to dance at weekly ward discos to aid recovery and socialise. Pinderfields Hospital introduced Disco in the Bay to support physical rehabilitation and encourage patients to socialise. Occupational therapist Louise Hewitt said music had a therapeutic power and could play a valuable role in stroke recovery. [...]
Neuro Case Management (NCM UK) founder Martin Gascoigne discusses the firm’s four-panel therapist system and why regulation has transformed brain and spinal injury care. Martin Gascoigne started NCM UK as a sole trader 15 years ago. Today, the Sheffield-based organisation has an expansive network of therapists on its books scattered across the UK. Gascoigne says: [...]
By RF Hunt In May 1989, I sustained serious spinal cord injuries in a suicide attempt. When I was finally discharged, I went home to my mum and dad and brother. But soon my brother left home to go to university. Then just after celebrating his birthday, my dad died suddenly, at the age of [...]
By Bipana Thapa, Assistant Psychologist at CHD Living In neurorehabilitation, stories of recovery are powerful. But what happens when we add data to those stories - data that proves, reliably and clearly, that rehabilitation really works? A recent UK pilot study from CHD Living’s Bagshot Park Neurorehabilitation Centre has done just that. The research analysed [...]
