We started our Weekly Concussion Update Newsletter in April 2019 as part of our mission to provide current and reliable concussion information in a way that is easily accessible to everyone. Our interns have dedicated more than 650 hours of research, writing, and editing, to provide you with a variety of important news and research on concussions each week.

Cheerleading and concussions, athlete gait changes, free app-based concussion recovery management, retired NFL players’ mental health, hospital readmission risk in the homeless with TBI, Bon Jovi donation.

Safer heading in soccer, mTBI in seniors, e-cig breakthrough, PCS headaches, machine learning therapy, PoNS and balance, mTBI-PTSD connection, veteran TBI opera.

Return to Learn Washington, youth soccer injuries, pediatric concussion care, Navy blast sensors, PTSD treatment, TBI epilepsy, first female CTE study.

Revised concussion awareness training, NIH and FDA on cannabis research, TBI and brain atrophy, therapy horse for veterans, mental health and TBI presentation, Dan Carcillo and Cris Cyborg video.

Football CTE risk doubles every 2.6 years, new e-cig safety, injectable hydrogels, microbleeds, portable TBI tests for veterans, views on Neuralink

Support groups, CTE awareness and sports, Lyme disease and PCS, risk for mental illness an MS, bill to fund therapy despite evidence.

Cheerleader sues school, cyanide in THC vapes, probiotic therapy, behavioral changes in preschoolers, brain on nature, female neuroprotective hormones.

Virtual reality concussion education course, vaping risks, how to exercise therapeutically, treatment turning brainwaves into piano tones, why female brains are vulnerable.

A new treatment may reduce post-traumatic epilepsy, pesticide fumigation is the likely cause of brain injuries in diplomats stationed in Cuba, CBD survey indicates pain reduction.

New online guidelines for physicians (and families) for concussion management for youth age 5-18, improving CBD uptake, tau and late-onset psychosis, beekeeping as therapy for veterans, the danger of side impacts to the head.

Testosterone and head trauma, low-intensity exercise after a concussion, a diet of junk food caused brain atrophy, females at higher risk for a neck injury.

Girls taken to specialty care later than boys, high school football team wins state title without tackling in practice, Mayo Clinic doctors guide to CBD.

Best therapies for children and adolescents with post-concussion syndrome, pop star Kiesza returns from a concussion, CBD and the blood-brain barrier.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia helps adolescents with post-concussion syndrome (PCS), four prevalent visions dysfunctions after TBI, girls soccer and concussion.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps youth with post-concussion syndrome, American Ninja Warrior’s concussion journey, cannabis (and in particular THC) reduces pain, cranial therapy found to be a safe treatment, the effects of repetitive hits on the mid-brain.

Medical cannabis coursework for medical students, headgear reduces lacrosse concussions, magnetic stimulation therapy shows promise for traumatic brain injury, the role of counseling in concussion recovery.

Visual training exercises improve cognitive function, hearing deficits after concussion, men & women’s social functioning after TBI, and more.

Cranial therapy can compliment vision therapy, Queer Eye “hero” and veteran opens up about TBI, more sports experience correlated with less severe concussion effects, nose-to-brain CBD gel, and more.

Concussions’ effect on employment, cognitive behavioral therapy helps adolescents’ sleep, HBOT may soon be available to veterans in NC, a TBI cannabis primer for physicians.