Latest news and brain injury articles

A 38-year old Australian man has been awarded ‘substantial compensation’ for the brain injury he sustained in a fall after stumbling in a three inch deep, 15 inch wide pavement pothole in Hornsey, London in…
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A young mother is accusing the hospital where her son was born of clinical negligence which led to him being starved of oxygen and subsequently suffering brain damage prior to his birth.  Emma Morgan was…
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President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, fears that the legal aid cuts that come into force from April 1st could lead to higher court costs as people are driven to fight their own cases…
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The family of a 60-year-old woman, who was struck by a car in February 2011, have spoken of their struggle to deal with the effects that a brain trauma has had on her. The woman,…
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Ever year in England alone, hundreds of people choose to donate their bodies to science. By doing this, they hope to help medical students increase their knowledge of the human body, and assist scientists in…
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Footballers who head the ball repeatedly could be at risk of damage to their frontal lobes, new research in the US suggests. Twelve teenage girls players were compared with 12 non-players in two tests. One…
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The damaging effect on the brain of certain sports – particularly boxing – has been brought into question by London neuroscientist John Hardy. Hardy’s work specialises in Alzheimer’s and dementia and he points out that…
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Numerous individuals would argue 2012 was a great year for Britain, with such occasions as the Queen”s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics, there have been many events for Brits to get their teeth into. But…
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Two scientific projects have won the financial support of the European Union following a contest in which 26 research proposals were heard. Each will receive one billion Euros (roughly £855,300,000) to conduct their projects. One…
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A King’s College London study into the link between genes and blood clots may help reduce the number of people who sustain damage to brain cells due to strokes. The study was undertaken in three…
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