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    Fact pages

    Our fact pages are designed as general introductions to each subject and are intended to be concise to help clarify and reassure you, or a loved one.

    Angiogram of the brain
    Brain and spine scans
    Coiling of brain aneurysms
    Chronic pain
    A person reads a booklet about the brain
    Clinical trials
    Craniotomy
    Encephalitis
    Epilepsy
    Hydrocephalus and shunts
    Lumbar puncture
    Meningitis
    Migraine
    Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
    Multiple sclerosis
    Parkinson's disease
    Spinal strokes
    Stroke
    Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
    A woman exercising in the park
    Vestibular rehabilitation exercises
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