Latest News:  

English>>Life & Culture

Not enough attention paid to neurological diseases: British neurologists

(Xinhua)

20:21, May 24, 2013

EDINBURGH, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The public tends to pay more attention to heart disease and cancer while neurological diseases are less focused on, outgoing Association of British Neurologists president Martin Rossor said at the body's annual meeting that ended on Friday in Glasgow.

Rossor also urged the public to support those with brain diseases.

He noted enhanced brain awareness was the need of the hour. "Take care of your brain with measures including cycling, mental and physical exercises," he said.

May is the European "Month of the Brain" while 2014 will be the "Year of the Brain," Rossor, who is a professor at the University College London, added.

The new president of the Association of British Neurologists, Geraint Fuller, started his term at the meeting. The event was attended by more than 200 participants, most of whom are young medical trainees and general physicians in the United Kingdom.

Neurology is study and treatment of diseases of nervous system such as migraines, stroke, chronic pain, epilepsy, coma, tremor and Pakinson's disease.

Some 165 million Europeans are likely to experience some form of brain disorders each year. Treating these disorders costs some 800 billion euros (1 trillion U.S. dollars) in Europe every year, according to the European Commission.

We recommend:

Audi Fashion Festival opens in Singapore

Dare to ride terrifying roller coasters?

Dancers perform 'Mirror and Music' in Taipei

Foggy Xin'an River in Jiande, E China

A taste of Russia at Harbin's Volga Manor

Zhang Ziyi poses at Cannes Film Festival

Those weird people in McDonald

Celebrating 'mother of Chinese opera'

Top 10 Hurun best-selling Chinese artists

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:WangXin、Wang Jinxue)

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Speedboat flotilla in marine training

  2. Snipers complete military skill training

  3. 'Abused' dolls displayed in Israel

  4. Xi’an to tackle river pollution

  5. Anxious city: Crowded morning bus

  6. Hot tempo of the city: I love Salsa!

  7. Trips to China's richest villages

  8. Chinese films well received in Brussels

  9. Lenovo posts record results

  10. The most competitive cities in China

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Why Chinese youths appear gloomy
  2. Let taxi fare reform be fair
  3. Beijing taxi fare rise hardly seen as all-win solution
  4. Hope and concerns for civilian drone industry
  5. Exchange rate reform may take time
  6. Stricter elevator rules needed
  7. Job market not that bad for grads
  8. US IT restriction act fails to charm industry
  9. 'Asia's future hinges on China and India'
  10. Cannes: where celebrity sells and celebrities sell

What’s happening in China

Couple say 'I do' after 35-year wait

  1. Shanghai metro campaign fights obscenity
  2. Where can I get my baby’s formula?
  3. Police bust Guangzhou betting gang
  4. Guangzhou oysters contaminated by cadmium
  5. Three officials dismissed for abuse of power