Simon and Duncan race the clock to Paris for people with a brain tumour, raising over £5000
On Saturday Simon Wayne and Duncan Aitchison are taking on the challenge of a life time as they cycle from London to Paris in under 24 hours. Racing against the […]
Edinburgh researcher, Julia Day, to run 60 miles to the Commonwealth Games to help people with a brain tumour
On Thursday 31 July, Clinical Researcher Julia Day will be running an ultra-marathon – 60 miles from her home in Edinburgh to Glasgow to watch the boxing finals at the […]
Liz is a Cross Solent Swimmer for brain tumour support
Congratulations to Liz Eldrige who has just swum across the Solent! And of course also to Stan Holloway for swimming both ways in 1:25:08 to Robbie Phillips 43:50 to Neil […]
brainstrust is the Patient Information Forum’s ‘member of the month’
Lovely news – the Patient Information Forum has named brainstrust as member of the month. PIF is a great professional organisation that does a LOT of work with health and […]
A Community for professionals interested in neuro-rehabiliation in brain tumour patients
Driving improvemants in Neurorehabilitation for people living with a brain tumour is huge on our agenda: improvements here are key to unlocking brain tumour support for thousands of people. With […]
Avastin for brain tumours in the UK
We often get asked about Avastin for brain tumour treatment in the UK. Here’s where things are at the moment… Sadly, Avastin for brain tumours is not the Holy Grail […]
Toby Teapot’s Daddy has a poorly lid…
Following a high grade glioma diagnosis, Paula and Richard Middleton struggled to find a resource that would help them to explain Richard’s diagnosis to their young daughter. And so […]
Help children with a brain tumour: York’s Apollo Festival is this weekend
This weekend, on the 21st June 2014, the Apollo Festival kicks off at York Sports Club, Clifton Park. The event includes 4 Music stages with live sets from Reverend and […]
Cochrane Review – chemotherapy, radiotherapy or both to improve brain tumour survival?
brainstrust is delighted to be involved with Cochrane UK. The Cochrane Collaboration is a global independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of […]
New Ependymoma Guide Published
brainstrust has been working with the Collaborative Ependymoma Research Network (CERN – not the Centre) on a newresource. It’s for patients, caregivers and advocates of people with Ependymoma. The goal […]