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A young boy of 6 is critically ill in hospital following a car crash that left him with a serious head injury. He is critical but stable and being treated at Leeds General Infirmary. Need…
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A young woman of 25 has spoken about how she ‘lost’ the first 17 years of her life as the after-effect of a brain injury she suffered in a car crash.   Christina Corp was…
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Charlotte Kemp, 19, was delighted to gain three A levels yesterday despite suffering a brain tumour and subsequent health problems. Her parents applauded her perseverance to continue her studies to complete her course. She now…
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Natalie Creane, 33, was injured when a wood panel fell from a wardrobe in her 5-star hotel room at Abu Dhabi four years ago. She was celebrating her engagement at the hotel but, instead, her…
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The Pituitary Foundation charity estimates 25 to 30 per cent of people with serious head injuries sustain pituitary damage. The pituitary is known as the ‘master gland’ as it controls the thyroid and adrenal glands…
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The BIG support group has joined forces with Within 4 Walls, a Scottish support group established by Jeannette Thomson, whose son Brian was paralysed and brain injured after a fall 16 years ago at the…
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Bradley Wiggins has set a cycle helmet plea rush going as well as a gold medal rush. His call for cycle helmet wear has been met with widespread support and approval including Brain Injury Group…
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Wiggins, who became the most decorated British Olympian in history yesterday after winning the Men’s Individual Time Trial, called for better cycling laws after a fatal cycling accident near the Olympic Park, that killed a…
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James Cracknell, two-times Olympic gold medallist who suffered a serious brain injury two years ago when knocked off his bike, has spoken out about how his life has changed since the accident.   Cracknell, 40,…
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The Brain Injury Group – a national network of specialist brain injury lawyers and support services – welcomes the recent review in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry that looks more closely at the…
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