Using an advanced imaging technique, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System were able to predict which patients who’d recently suffered concussions were likely to fully recover. The study also sheds light on the brain’s mechanisms for repairing or compensating for concussion injuries – information that could speed the development of [...]
New research from the MS Trust surveyed over 1,800 people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and found that too many people living with progressive forms of MS feel they are getting a second-class service, with many feeling abandoned by their specialists. People with progressive MS make up almost half of the UK’s 100,000 MS population. [...]
People who have suffered a life-changing injury are getting a helping hand at Morriston Hospital using innovative 3D printing technology. Specialists at the hospital and a leading innovation centre in Cardiff have teamed up with patients to create and test 3D printed splints to protect and support the hands of people with brachial plexus injuries. [...]
A cheque for £1,000 has been presented to the stroke and rehabilitation unit, Prince Philip Hospital, by fundraisers the ‘Sospan Road Runners’. Bernadette Martin, Bethan Hopkins and Viv Jones, representing Sospan Road Runners, recently had the pleasure of presenting the generous donation to Sister Ann Robins of Ward 9 stroke and rehabilitation unit at Llanelli’s [...]
More people will have rehabilitation services closer to their homes and be able to access online physiotherapy support, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced. A £1.2 million annual investment from the Welsh government will help to transform the way neuro-rehabilitation services are provided in Wales. A new children’s neuro-rehabilitation service is being set up [...]
Researchers have found that microscopic alterations in brain wiring – within regions of the brain which underlie reasoning and awareness – could be responsible for the association between childhood IQ, low birthweight and later psychotic experiences. The new study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, is a collaboration between King’s College London, the University of Bristol and the Cardiff [...]
Public Health Wales has published a report in the European scientific journal Eurosurveillance which will be of interest to neurologists. Clinicians in South Wales have worked with Public Health Wales to investigate cases of unusual forms of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in eight adults who became ill between September and December last year. While the total number of cases [...]
