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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.

Researchers Prevent Post-Traumatic Brain Damage Using Experimental Drug (June 6)

Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center have shown how traumatic brain injury leads to loss of brain function--and found that an experimental drug can stop the damage and promote recovery.

Full article: click here

Head Trauma ? When to Get Help (June 13)

The Mayo Clinic's list of head trauma symptoms that require emergency care and evaluation.

Full article: click here

Golf-Related Head Injuries in Children Increasing Along With Sport's Popularity (June 20)

Children's increasing interest in golf is resulting in an unfortunate upswing in golf-related head injuries, according to a review of sports injuries treated over six years at an academic medical center in Georgia.

Full article: click here

The Summer 2005 (14.3) 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).

Summer Issue Table of Contents:

Walkathon for TBI
Patterns of Risk and Outcome
CBF With Female TBI
Predicting Outcome From Coma
Drug Helps Repair CNS
Portable Concussion Device
Hypothermia Safe for Treatment
Preventing Post-Trauma Damage
2005 Conference Schedule

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07/07/05 Pushing the Frames of Reference in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation
07/07/05 Measuring Medical Complexity During Inpatient Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury
07/07/05 Effect of Intrathecal Baclofen Bolus Injection on Temporospatial Gait Characteristics in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury
07/07/05 Brain Injury Heightens Risk of Alcohol Abuse
07/06/05 TEACH-M: A Pilot Study Evaluating an Instructional Sequence for Persons with Impaired Memory and Executive Functions
07/06/05 Outcome After Severe Brain Damage, What Makes the Difference?
07/06/05 Kinematic Analysis of Jaw Function in Children Following Traumatic Brain Injury
07/06/05 Gunshot Wounds to the Head: Gang- and Non-Gang-Related Injuries and Outcomes
07/06/05 The Effects of a Song-Singing Programme on the Affective Speaking Intonation of People with Traumatic Brain Injury
07/06/05 Effects of the Dopaminergic Agent and NMDA Receptor Antagonist Amantadine on Cognitive Function, Cerebral Glucose Metabolism and D2 Receptor Availability in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: A Study Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
07/06/05 The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Post-Traumatic Headaches
07/06/05 Differences Between Brain and Rectal Temperatures During Routine Critical Care of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
07/06/05 Beneficial Effect From a Cognitive Training Programme on Children with Acquired Brain Injuries Demonstrated in a Controlled Study
07/05/05 After a Coma: Comebacks are Slow and Patchy, and Almost Never Miraculous
07/04/05 Young Athletes' Post-concussion Migraine May Signal Greater Neurocognitive Impairment
07/04/05 Validity of Administrative Data for Characterizing Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Hospitalizations
07/04/05 Teaching Face-Name Associations to Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Sequential Treatment Approach
07/04/05 Scientists Study Ways the Mind Can Heal Itself
07/04/05 Science Taking New Approach to Concussion
07/04/05 Heart Rate Variability (HRV) of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) During the Post-Insult Sub-Acute Period
07/04/05 Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury
07/04/05 Expert: Tests May Help Treat Head Injuries
07/04/05 The Experiences of Individuals With a Traumatic Brain Injury, Families, Physicians and Health Professionals Regarding Care Provided Throughout the Continuum
07/04/05 Emergency Department Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the USA
07/04/05 Risk of Depression Increases Following Head Injury
07/04/05 Brain Injury Advocates Hope for Aid Law
06/15/05 Researchers Create Way to Generate Brain Cells in Lab
06/14/05 Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Between Anteroposterior and Lateral Penetrating Craniocerebral Gunshot Wounds
06/13/05 Protein May Help Treat Brain Injuries, Neuroscientist Says
06/10/05 Head Trauma ? When to Get Help
06/10/05 Neurorehabilitation of Devastating Lightning-Strike Injuries Explored
06/07/05 NZ Brain Drug Gets Fast-Track Testing
06/02/05 New Evaluation Tool Reliably Predicts Recovery From Coma
06/02/05 Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review of Recent Findings
06/02/05 The Impact of Prehospital Endotracheal Intubation on Outcome in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
06/02/05 Functional Status after Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury
06/02/05 Assessment of Motor and Process Skills Reflects Brain-Injured Patients' Ability to Resume Independent Living Better than Neuropsychological Tests

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The TBI Resource Guide online store has over 75 brain injury related products, including educational multi-media cds, animations, graphics, e-books, newsletters, research article reprints, assessment tools, and laminated educational cards. The new educational multi-media cds provide an in-depth overview of brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, and brain function. They include audio, video and graphic content in an easy-to-use self-learning format.

Educational CD's
Animations
Graphics
Newsletters
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ILS
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Virtual Tour
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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

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

Oct 15-16
Annual Brain Injury Symposium
Miami, FL
786-596-3349
Email: judyk@baptisthealth.net

Nov 3-4
Practical Strategies for Effectively Supporting, Treating, and Educating Families after TBI and other Neurological Disorders
Peterborough, Ontario
705-741-3412
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Website: www.mindworksgroup.ca

Nov 12
Brain Injury Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Richmond, VA
Email: michelle@biav.net
Website: www.biav.net

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 August!

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

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