A young Nantwich girl has undergone a world first Deep Brain Stimulation operation using pioneering new technology at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Hayley, eight, underwent the surgery to help treat dystonic cerebral palsy.
In professional and competitive sports, the risk of head injury is widespread.
While concussion is the most common type of head injury in sport, this can vary in severity.
Traumatic brain injuries are extremely serious incidences, and while not overly common, occur regularly enough that awareness should be maintained.
According to brain injury charity Headway, there were over 350,000 hospital admissions relating to brain injury in 2019-20 alone.
Whether you’re concerned about forgetting things more often than you used to, failing to react as quickly as you once did, or you find yourself struggling to put your finger on the word that you’re looking for, there are all kinds of reasons to work on keeping your brain sharp.
There are a lot of real-life stories about how songs have helped people in troublesome situations.
There are many stories about how music motivates people too.
A wheelchair-bound South Cheshire man is to climb Snowdon to raise funds for Head Injured People in Cheshire.
Rick Ransome, 41, will attempt to ascend 1,085 metres to the jagged peak on May 9 in a specially adapted wheelchair made by a Nantwich firm.
A former Chemistry teacher in Nantwich has told of his battle against a brain injury – to help raise awareness for Head Injured People group.
Ian Skaiffe revealed what he thought was ‘man flu’ left him fighting for his life with an abscess on his brain.
A Nantwich girl who survived three brain haemorrhages – one which went undetected for four years – is defying the odds by running for charity to honour her carers.
Brave Ellie Calder, 20, has lived with a rare condition which can cause a haemorrhage any second of the day, for 13 years.
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