After a serious car crash in Sheffield in 2017 left him with a brain injury and serious injuries to his legs, Jake Cooper has recovered and qualified as a personal trainer. He now helps others recover from brain injuries and has been nominated for a national Headway UK award.
SNAPS, a charity in the Leeds area, offers children with special educational needs and disabilities access to physiotherapy, music therapy, swimming and football. Families say the group gives children an environment where they can flourish, and one child has made physical progress since attending its hydrotherapy sessions.
Paul Reynolds, who nearly lost his arm in a farm machinery accident, has become a trustee of the air ambulance charity whose team helped save him. He has made a remarkable recovery and says he wants to give something back to the charity.
A new drug called baxdrostat has lowered blood pressure in patients with a common cause of hypertension, and the benefits lasted up to two years after they stopped taking it. In a small study led by Prof Morris Brown of Queen Mary University of London, some patients no longer needed any hypertension drugs and may have been cured. A larger trial is under way to find out more.
