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TBI Resource Guide
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.

Diet May Improve Cognition (July 4)

Can your diet also help protect your brain if you should suffer a stroke or accidental head injury?

Full article: click here

Rugby Helmets Not Effective (July 11)

Study shows protective equipment not very effective for rugby players.

Full article: click here

Cyclosporin as a Neuroprotector (July 18)

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is developing compound to treat TBI's.

Full article: click here

Not Breathing During Sleep (July 25)

Children who stop breathing during sleep show brain damage in regions that regulate the cardiovascular system, body temperature and urination.

Full article: click here

Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped (Aug 1)

Studies have indicated the brain may have less flexibility in response to injury than previously thought.

Full article: click here

Pharmacology Guide New!

An updated listing (with links to detailed information) of over 100 of the most commonly used medications following traumatic brain injury.

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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08/02/05 How the Brain Responds to Injury or Disease Described by University of Virginia Researchers
08/01/05 Protein May Limit Brain and Nerve Cell Death
07/29/05 Swedish Stem Cell Researchers Create New Brain Cells
07/28/05 Concussion Screening Tool For Athletes (included video)
07/28/05 Heads-Up on Traumatic Brain Injury
07/27/05 Doctors and Care Providers Often Underestimate the Full Impact of Head Injuries
07/26/05 Revising a Dogma: Ketamine for Patients with Neurological Injury?
07/25/05 Consensus Guidelines on Screening for Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury
07/22/05 Revising a Dogma: Ketamine for Patients with Neurological Injury?
07/20/05 Early Gastrostomy Reduces the Rate of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Stroke or Head Injury Patients
07/19/05 An Internet Training Intervention for People with Traumatic Brain Injury: Barriers and Outcomes
07/19/05 Final Results of MRC CRASH, a Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial of Intravenous Corticosteroid in Adults with Head Injury—Outcomes at 6 Months
07/18/05 Hypocretin-1 (orexin A) Deficiency in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury
07/18/05 Blocking the Effects of Interleukin-1 Will Prevent Brain Damage, New Research
07/15/05 Brain Concussions in Sports: What's the Fuss?
07/13/05 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Maas BiolAB Announce CRADA
07/13/05 The Slow Journey From a Coma
07/13/05 Nanowires Built for Brain Cells
07/13/05 Effectiveness of Providing Self-Help Information Following Acute Traumatic Injury: Randomised Controlled Trial
07/13/05 Children Who Stop Breathing During Sleep Show Brain Damage
07/12/05 Initial Neurologic Presentation in Young Children Sustaining Inflicted and Unintentional Fatal Head Injuries
07/11/05 Human Trial Plans for Second NZ Drug

Read the current press releases: click here

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
Reprints
ILS
E-Books
Virtual Tour
Laminated Cards

Visit the CNS Store:
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Visit the new Discussion Forum:
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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

CE Courses page: click here

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 6-7
Brain Injury Association of Utah Annual Conference
Layton, UT
801-484-2240
Email: biau@sisna.com

Oct 7-8
Brain Injury Association of Idaho Annual Conference
Boise, ID
208-342-0999
Email: info@biaid.org

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

Conferences 2005-2007: click here

Visit the TBI Bookstore: click here

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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 September!

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

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