by Bob Bion | Jan 10, 2024 | News
In an early new year boost for Calvert Reconnections, case managers and NHS clinicians throughout the UK have praised the centre’s “life-changing” approach to ABI rehabilitation. Following recent experience days and visits to the Keswick-based residential centre, a...
by Bob Bion | Dec 8, 2023 | News
A brain implant that allows people with head injuries to function again has undergone a hugely successful trial. Developed by researchers at Stanford University, the deep brain stimulation implant, aims to boost activity between the regions responsible for...
by Bob Bion | Dec 5, 2023 | News
Around 300 rugby players will have to wait until next year to see if they can bring a group action against the sport’s governing bodies in relation to compensation claims for brain injuries. A hearing took place at the Royal Courts of Justice last week in relation to...
by Bob Bion | Dec 4, 2023 | News
Heading a football regularly can lead to brain damage – similar to a traumatic brain injury – which could increase the risk of dementia, a new study has shown. The research, carried out by researchers at Columbia University, also recorded a measurable decline in brain...
by Bob Bion | Nov 20, 2023 | News
Calvert Reconnections welcomes a new trial by University College London (UCL) and University College London Hospitals (UCLH) to explore whether music therapy helps patients recover from brain injury. The trial will involve patients recovering in hospital following...
by Bob Bion | Nov 17, 2023 | News
Brain injury charity Headway has warned that the progress made in recent times to improve the short and long-term health of footballers is being wasted by the sport’s inability to manage head injures during play. The warning comes after fans watching Manchester...
