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Our biweekly Concussion Update newsletter provides thoughtful synopses of new research, news related to concussions, listings of free webinars, and calls for study participants for research.

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45% of concussion patients show brain injury symptoms at six months (5/4/23 Newsletter)

A research team found that a mild brain injury can create changes in coordination between different regions of the brain (thalamic hyperconnectivity) and that these changes were related to their findings that 45% of the study participants still had symptoms such as cognitive impairment, depression, and most commonly, headaches, poor concentration, and fatigue at six months post-injury.

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(12/15/22 Newsletter) Boswellia serrata extract found to have cognitive benefits for traumatic brain injury patients

CBD has therapeutic benefits, undiagnosed concussions affect baseline tests, multidisciplinary clinics, TBI contributes to veteran suicide, medication overprescription for anxiety & PTSD, concussions affect kids’ school performance, domestic abuse survivors more likely to get TBIs than athletes, racial differences in adult ED visits

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(8/25/22 Newsletter) Free Courses & New Resources

New training courses & webinars, TBI training for law enforcement, padded NFL helmets, acute functional connectivity predicts chronic pain, CBT for depressed vets, mTBI and depression, check for orthostatic tachycardia, King Henry had TBIs

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(8/4/22 Newsletter) Study finds causal link between repeated head impacts and CTE

Bodychecking experience doesn’t reduce hockey concussions, visio-vestibular deficit risk factors, eye tracking problems with acute/persistent concussions, regaining identity with post-concussion-symptoms, blood test on neurodegeneration, CBT for headaches & PTSD in veterans, mental health disability risk in collegiate athletes, Increases in childhood consumer-product related TBIs, concussion management gaps in schools, rugby players issue class-action suit

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(7/21/22 Newsletter) Electroacupuncture may improve sleep quality in patients with depression

Canadian app helps patients track recovery, 1st MLS player with CTE, psychedelics for veterans, reducing unnecessary CTs, neck sensor patches catch head acceleration, prompt mental health interventions promote recovery & return to work, concussion history increases suicide attempt rate among young people of color with depression, age of first concussion, prevention strategies for girls’ rugby

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(7/7/22 Newsletter) Study finds acupuncture effective at treating chronic tension-type headaches

Long-term concussions in youth sports, head impact exposure increases concussion susceptibility, longer white matter tracts more susceptible to injury, green space helps cognition in middle-aged women, nanomaterials for concussion treatment & diagnosis, managing anxiety, 3 or more concussions increase risk of symptom persistence, optometrists can help domestic violence survivors, better safety laws, microglia and neuroinflammation

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