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The world's #1 traumatic brain injury website*

The TBI Resource Guide is the internet`s central source of information regarding traumatic brain injury. The TBI Resource Guide website consists of over 1,400 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.

Prevalence of Concussion Effects Linked to 'Pot of Gold' Lawsuits, Researcher Says (May 2)

A new review of studies suggests that long-lasting symptoms of concussion may increase when the outcome of a lawsuit is at stake.

Full article: click here

Data Suggest Bypass Surgery Free of Long-Term Brain Effects (May 9)

A broad retrospective review of the effects of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on memory and other brain functions concludes that, while there may be transient short-term effects, the procedure itself probably does not cause late or permanent neurological effects.

Full article: click here

New Portable Device Checks for Concussions on the Sidelines (May 13)

Emory University's Emergency Medicine Research Center, have developed a new device to detect brain injuries right on the sidelines of a football game, on a battlefield or in the emergency room.

Full article: click here

The Spring 2005 (14.2) issue of the Inside View quarterly newsletter is now available! With a $12 yearly subscription ($24 international), glossy, hard-copy versions of the Inside View will be delivered to your door every three months.

Two-year subscriptions are only $22 ($44 international) and three-year subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).

Winter Issue Table of Contents:

Brain Activity in the Minimally Conscious
Dementia Drugs May Help Young TBI Survivors
Sport-Related Concussions and Return-To-Play Guidelines
Magnetic Stimulation Can Change Your Brain
Understanding Obstacles to Nerve Regeneration
Scientists Regrow Optic Nerve
2005 Conference Schedule

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05/30/05 Mental Illness, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Medicaid Expenditures
05/27/05 Outcome From Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
05/27/05 Fast Detection of Diffuse Axonal Damage in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Comparison of Gradient-Recalled Echo and Turbo Proton Echo-Planar Spectroscopic Imaging MRI Sequences
05/26/05 Effective Rehabilitation for Children and Adolescents With Brain Injury: Evaluating and Disseminating the Evidence
05/26/05 Corticosteroids Do Not Help Head Injuries
05/25/05 We Must Take Concussion More Seriously
05/25/05 Patients Iced Down to Avoid Brain Damage
05/25/05 Multidimensional Assessment of Acute Confusion After Traumatic Brain Injury
05/25/05 Late Auditory and Event-Related Potentials Can Be Useful to Predict Good Functional Outcome After Coma
05/24/05 Traumatic Brain Injuries Becoming Most Common Soldier Injury
05/24/05 Surgeons Say Helmet Law Needs More Teeth
05/24/05 Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging Depicts Diffuse Axonal Injury in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury
05/24/05 Ocular and Visual Complications of Head Injury
05/24/05 New Report Shows Approximately 4,000 Minnesotans are Hospitalized Each Year for Traumatic Brain Injuries
05/24/05 Impairment and Partial Recovery of Medical Decision-Making Capacity in Traumatic Brain Injury: A 6-Month Longitudinal Study
05/24/05 Heading for Trouble
05/24/05 Experimental Drug Reverses Brain Injury in Rats
05/24/05 The Effect of a Scheduled Telephone Intervention on Outcome After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Trial
05/24/05 Doctors Hope Blood Test Can Screen for Brain Injury
05/24/05 Corticosteroids for Acute Traumatic Brain Injury
05/23/05 Researchers Prevent Post-Traumatic Brain Damage
05/23/05 Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped
05/13/05 Hyperventilation in Head Injury
05/13/05 Can Heading a Soccer Ball Cause Slight Brain Damage?
05/12/05 Predicting Depression Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
05/12/05 OHSU Study Says National Injury Prevention Program Working
05/11/05 Misdiagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
05/10/05 Does Memory of a Traumatic Event Increase the Risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury? A Prospective Study
05/09/05 Study Finds Moderate Hypothermia A Safe Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury In Kids
05/06/05 Roundtable on Hannon-Sweeney Bill for Handling Athlete's Head Injuries
05/04/05 Traumatic Brain Injuries in Soldiers Often Go Undetected
05/04/05 Activation of Protease-Activated Receptor-1 Triggers Astrogliosis after Brain Injury
05/03/05 CT Lesions After Mild Brain Injury Linked to Depressive Illness
05/02/05 Prevalence of Concussion Effects Linked to 'Pot of Gold' Lawsuits, Researcher Says
04/27/05 Study Finds Moderate Hypothermia a Safe Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury in Kids
04/27/05 New Portable Device Developed by Georgia Tech and Emory Checks for Concussions on the Sidelines
04/27/05 Natural Glucose Byproduct May Prevent Brain Damage and Cognitive Impairment After Diabetic Coma
04/26/05 Elevated Concussion Numbers Cause Concern
04/26/05 Data Suggest Bypass Surgery Free of Long-Term Brain Effects

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The TBI Resource Guide offers four on-line, continuing education courses. Our courses are $60 each and certified for 2-hours.

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Applied Behavior Analysis
Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview
Brain Anatomy and Function

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The Centre for Neuro Skills Clinical Research and Education Foundation (CNS - CREF) Is a not-for-profit (503c) foundation whose mission is to further the basis of knowledge about treatment of acquired brain injury at the post acute level and share that knowledge with practicing professionals, family members of those with traumatic brain injuries and the general public.

CNS-CREF website: click here

June 9
TBI: From Injury to Community
San Jose, CA
650-592-3241
Email: TRagual@cnsneuro.com
Website: www.neuroskills.com/conference05.shtml

June 11
SCI and TBI Information Day
Birmingham, AL
205-934-3283
Website: http://main.uab.edu/tbi/show.asp?durki=78348

June 17-18
Understanding and Dealing with Behaviour Problems Following Brain Injury
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk

June 21-25
Case Management Society of America Conference
Orlando, FL
501-225-2229 Ext. 1-27
Email: cmsa@cmsa.org
Webiste: www.cmsa.org/Conference/2005ORLANDO/

Aug 17
L.A.P.S. Walk
Michigan International Speedway
Website: www.lapswalk.org

Aug 19-21
4th Annual Conference of the Neuro Trauma Society of India
Kolkata,India
Email: drgk@prusty.com
Website: www.neurotrauma2005.com/

Aug 20-21
Brain Injury Association of Texas Annual Conference
San Antonio, TX
713-383-5645
Email: struchen@bcm.tmc.edu
Website: www.biatx.org

Sep 6-7
Encephalitis Explored - Assessment, Rehabilitation & Therapy
York University, UK
+44-(0)-1653-699599
Email: mail@encephalitis.info
Website: www.encephalitis.info/Professionals/Meetings.html

Sep 9-11
FACES 2005 Encephalitis Conference
Philadelphia, PA
604-980-2236
Email: wendystation@shaw.ca
Website: www.encephalitisglobal.com

Sep 17
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk

Sep 21-22
Brain Injury Association of Indiana Annual Conference
Indiannapolis, IN
317-356-7722
Email: info@biai.org
Website: www.biausa.org/Indiana

Sep 22-24
Brain Injury: New Science, Best Practices and Future Innovations
Amelia Island, FL
703-960-6500
Email: conference@nabis.org
Website: www.nabis.org/public/nabisconf.shtml

Sep 29-30
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Annual Conference
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Website: 63.126.124.136/Michigan

Sep 29-Oct 1
Brain Injury Association of Colorado Annual Conference
Vail, CO
303-355-9969
Email: biacolo@aol.com
Website: www.biacolorado.org

Sep 29-Oct 1
Brain Injury Association of Illinois Annual Conference
TBA
312-726-5699
Website: www.biausa.org/Illinois/bia.htm

Oct 3-4
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Conference
Lake Ozark, MO
314-426-4024
Email: sgee@biamo.org
Website: www.biamo.org

Oct 5
4th Annual Loma Linda Brain Injury Conference
Loma Linda, CA
Email: lmosley@neuroskills.com

Nov 19
Information Processing: Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk

Dec 3
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Physical Therapists
Gatwick Airport, London, UK
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk

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L.A.P.S. Walk

For a minimum pledge of $100 per person, participants can walk the track with NASCAR legend Ernie Irvan and select NASCAR drivers as part of a fun-filled afternoon of activities to bring TBI to the forefront of consciousness in the minds of Americans.

Awareness of this catastrophic affliction will create demand for better health care, safer consumer products and a higher standard of living for those families that are affected by TBI. Statistically, maybe even your own.

Online Registration: http://www.lapswalk.org/

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That is all for this month. See you in June!

Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com

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