Posts Categorised: News

Talking at the Hay Festival on Sunday 2 June, James Cracknell spoke about the impact of his brain injury, which happened in July 2010. Cracknell was attempting to row, cycle and swim from Los Angeles…
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As Carers Week (June 10-16, 2013) highlights the tireless work of Britain’s 7 million unpaid carers, people looking after a brain injured relative can turn to the Brain Injury Group for financial, emotional and practical…
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Re: Cognition Health, a leading medical group who work in partnership with the Brain Injury Group, are participating in the final phase of a clinical trial for a ground-breaking drug starting in July 2013 in Greater…
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Doctors in Germany are hoping to have made a break through in the use of stem cell therapy, by significantly improving the condition of a young boy who had been left severally brain injured following…
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Specialist brain injury solicitors, and member of the Brain Injury Group, Leigh Day has launched a new infographic to highlight the different causes and types of brain injury.  It is hoped that by increasing understanding…
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Healthy young volunteers in Edinburgh are taking part in a trial for a new treatment for stroke by having their brains cooled under a special ‘cooling cap’, as part of a project taking place across Europe….
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A new treatment of giving new-born babies xenon gas shortly after a birth starved of oxygen can now be administered in an ambulance thanks to the development of a mobile incubator.  Experts from the universities…
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Spandau Ballet and EastEnders star Martin Kemp has opened a brain injury unit in Northampton.  Kemp survived two brain tumours and fully appreciates the importance of the OakLeaf Group facility in Northampton.  Remembering there was…
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This is intended as a guide to the sorts of questions you should ask when consulting a solicitor about your brain injury claim. Make sure you ask these questions of the actual lawyer that has/will…
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President Obama has launched an ambitious new project, known as the Brain Initiative, to help increase understanding and improve treatments for a wide range of neurological conditions. It is hoped that the Brain Initiative (Brain…
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