brain injury

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’
Contact sports

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’

Alix Popham was just 40 when he was diagnosed with dementia. As part of our special takeover edition of the magazine, he speaks with 28-year-old Ross Kirtland who is in the process of getting a scan as he suspects he may have brain damage caused by rugby.

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people
Homelessness

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people

Scientists found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the brains of people who had experienced homelessness – the first time the disease had been found in a European non-athlete population

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others
Timothy Samples

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others

Seizures, tumours and a brain injury forced Timothy Samples to give up on his dream of being a counsellor. But now he’s using his life experience to give others in the same position hope for the future

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through
Health

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through

Emilia Clarke’s charity SameYou partners with Big Issue to help brain injury survivors return to work
Press Release

Emilia Clarke’s charity SameYou partners with Big Issue to help brain injury survivors return to work

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