Concussion Update Newsletter
See below for previous editions.
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.
Headache types and treatments (1/21/21 newsletter)
First-ever concussion blood test, return to driving, sleep & cognition, student reading performance, psilocybin trial, TMS, TBI in females-research.
Physical activity after concussion (1/8/21 newsletter)
Tips for coping with depression, workshop on partner-inflicted brain injuries, psilocybin medical use, treating substance abuse & PTSD, Peer Concussion Education Program
Meditation and yoga improve symptoms (12/10/20 newsletter)
Psychedelics improve symptoms in four athletes, two genes linked to higher risk of concussion, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and sleep, call for research participants for a Return to Learn study.
Immune cell treatment (11/12/20 newsletter)
Veterans’ care, hockey player CBD study, CEFALY for migraines, personality & personal factors, rural pediatricians, flying likely safe, women vs. traumatic brain injury
Neuroprotective hormone medication (10/29/20 newsletter)
Diagnosis with saliva, budget-friendly mental health, CBD increases cerebral blood flow, online Tai Chi, dancers, call for sleep study participants.
Light therapy improves brain structure in case study (10/15/20 newsletter)
CBD reduced anti-anxiety and sedative meds, new resource for IPV brain injuries, TBI-related nonepileptic seizures and treatment
Racial disparities in concussions (10/1/20 newsletter)
Education opportunities, vaping safer in legalized states, managing fatigue, diagnosis via the eyes, CBT, stem cell trials, anxiety & PCS, TBI & IPV film.
Exercise therapy for concussions (9/17/20 newsletter)
Managing symptoms during Covid-19, Return to Work, Invisible Injury & coping, lymphatics, stem cells, restorative justice for veterans, motor learning.
Medications for concussion (9/3/20 newsletter)
TBI course for educators, migraine med for PTH, Oxeia clinical trial, melatonin helps children, strategies for mental health, gender identity & TBI.
EEG-based neurofeedback and “brain coaching” improved cognitive function
EEG-based neurofeedback program improves cognitive function, cannabinoids beneficial for concussions, driving risks after symptoms are gone, reducing emotional symptoms could improve cognition/memory.
Nature for concussion symptoms (8/6/20 newsletter)
Sleep strategies, kids helmets, cannabis reduces headaches, reaction times, PT for PCS, veterans and drinking, steroid use, early menopause, bobsledding.
VR Brain Fly-Through (7/23/20 newsletter)
Sleep tips, Milk Thistle med, long-term biomarkers, cannabis & chronic pain, online yoga, blast TBI, juvenile justice, motherhood, minorities.
Covid-19 and brain injury (7/9/20 newsletter)
“Less-lethal police weapons,” wearable tech, athletic trainers, CBD & neurological conditions, repetitive mTBI, veterans, depression, migraine, CTE.
Brain Structure Changes (6/25/20 newsletter)
Growth hormone therapy, prep schools, bike helmets, NHL & CBD, balance therapy, veterans and dementia, depression, elderly and youth, Black women and IPV.
Police deliver concussions at protests (6/11/20 newsletter)
George Floyd protests, hyperbaric oxygen, cannabis & PTSD, biomarkers, social support, repetitive impacts, H.S. athletes, IPV & Covid-19, veterans.
Prazosin and headache reduction (5/28/20 newsletter)
How to help your child, removal from play, smoking/vaping & Covid-19, ER evaluations, MDMA, neurodegeneration, females’ increased risks, child abuse & TBI.
Parkinson’s Disease and Brain Injury (5/14/20 newsletter)
PCS webinar, head impacts risk, cannabis and Covid, brain ventricles, blue light for depression, mental health in a pandemic, IPV, Purple Hearts.
Psilocybin/CBD trial for concussion (4/30/20 newsletter)
GiveBIG, remote learning challenges, change in football stance reduces concussions, live meditation, exercise, veterans’ programs, CBT, diffusion MRI, IPV task force, work trauma.
Concussion education during stay-at-home (4/16/20 newsletter)
Bicycle concussions, cannabis survey, mTBI biomarkers, CBT insomnia app, PT guidelines, misunderstood veterans, hormonal dysfunction, mental health resources, domestic violence (IPV) resources, sleeping more during the pandemic.
PT via telehealth for concussion care (4/2/20 newsletter)
How to adjust to crisis, headaches, IPV, online apps and therapists, blast waves, nanoparticle therapy, leg-hop balance, THC%, Olympics, online course.