Concussion Update Newsletter

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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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