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Woman who took on hike two months after brain haemorrhage hands medal to surgeon

A woman who took on a memorial hike eight weeks after suffering a brain haemorrhage has given her medal to the neurosurgeon who saved her life. Bernie Burke, 61, was two months away from walking the Giant’s Causeway Macmillan Mighty Hike to mark the ...

11 Oct 2023 at 13:55

Surgeons use technology to ‘see inside’ body for the first time in UK

Surgeons performed an operation using technology which allows them to “see inside” a patient’s body for the first time in the UK. The Institute for Neurological Sciences in Glasgow is only the third centre worldwide to have used mixed reality (MR) ...

16 Oct 2024 at 14:18

Surgeon reveals details of ‘world-first’ procedure to remove large brain tumours

A surgeon working in Scotland has developed a way to remove brain tumours the size of apples through patients’ eyebrows in what is believed to be a world-first for the procedure. Consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis of NHS Grampian has ...

25 Oct 2024 at 06:57

Surgeons use new technique to save life of little boy with rare condition

Surgeons have used a new technique to save the life of a toddler who was born with an extremely rare birth defect in what is thought to be a world first. Conor O’Rourke, now three, was diagnosed with vein of galen malformation (VOGM) as a baby ...

08 Aug 2025 at 00:01

Patients sought for new NHS trial for brain cancer after man sees tumour vanish

A new immunotherapy trial to treat the deadliest form of brain cancer is seeking patients after one man had remarkable results that saw his tumour vanish. The NHS study will recruit 16 people over an 18-month period and has been set up in ...

21 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Brain damage study leads to new discovery

Scientists have found the region of the brain responsible for a person’s ability to deal with new problems by examining brain-damaged patients. Researchers, led by experts from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in ...

16 Apr 2025 at 00:01

Teenager re-learns how to walk, talk and swallow after rare brain bleed

A teenage girl who underwent a rare operation in children, which saw medics store part of her skull in her stomach, has re-learned how to walk, talk and swallow. Ellie Morris-Davies, now 16, suffered from a brain bleed caused by a ...

09 Apr 2025 at 00:01

Parkinson’s patient plays clarinet during brain surgery and sees instant results

Parkinson’s patient plays clarinet during surgery and sees instant results

A woman with Parkinson’s disease has played her clarinet while undergoing brain stimulation, enabling surgeons to see – and hear – immediate results. Denise Bacon, 65, from Crowborough in East Sussex, experienced instant ...

21 Oct 2025 at 08:00

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