We publish the Concussion Update Newsletter approximately every two weeks. You can read previous issues here or click on any of the newsletter links below. The Concussion Update Newsletter provides thoughtful synopses of new research, news related to concussions, listings of free webinars, and calls for study participants for research.
Upcoming webinar; new clinical practice guidelines for TBI care; neuron inflammation and loss correlates with years of repetitive head impacts, increasing susceptibility to CTE in former contact sports athletes.
Concussion Alliance internship alum publishes research. Early treatment for new daily persistent headache is associated with improved outcomes in youth. Spotlighting the incidence of concussion in Cirque du Soleil artists.
Concussion Alliance resources for veterans, a research study on heart rate variability biofeedback therapy, TRICARE offers Talkspace online mental healthcare, and a provider education webinar recording.
Upcoming Concussion Advocate Training Workshop. Concussion Alliance Co-Founder and COO published by Women in Global Health. Standard assessment tools often miss long-term burden of concussion on older adults. Gender differences found in concussion assessment; push for a more gender-specific approach.
Upcoming Concussion Advocate Training Workshop. Concussion Alliance brings on new employee. Concussion patients ages 5-24 experience increased (but still low) suicide risk. Juvenile concussions in mice linked to progressive changes in the brain later in life.
Holiday season self-care and symptom management webinar today; Predicting risk of depression after concussion; Insomnia self-care.