As part of its Year of the Brain, the European Brain Council (EBC) hosted a satellite event on Atrial Fibrillation-related stroke prevention in parallel to the EU Chronic Disease Summit, having identified stroke as one of the few brain diseases where better prevention can measurably improve health outcomes and significantly reduce the EU’s chronic disease [...]

EBC Vice President Professor David Nutt is the winner of the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The international prize is awarded for courage in promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest, despite facing difficulty and hostility in doing so. The judges awarded the prize to Professor Nutt in recognition [...]

On 18 June 2013 a planning meeting to create a Macedonian Action Group for Brain (MAG) was held in the Skopje Clinic of Neurology, Skopje, Macedonia. 14 participants attended the meeting. Tadeusz Hawrot represented EBC and co-chaired the meeting with Anita Arsovska, President of the Macedonian Society of Neurology. A discussion followed on the public [...]

Description 2012 marked the tenth anniversary of the European Brain Council. The anniversary represents the end of an exciting and significant decade for the European Brain Council and the start of the next phase of the journey which will ensure everyone across Europe respects the most vital and precious asset which is the brain. One [...]