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NEW RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Victims of Child Abuse May Have Hidden Head Injuries (6/03)

Abused children may have hidden head injuries that go undetected by routine examination and
screening, according to new research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The researchers
recommend that healthcare personnel perform brain scans to screen for occult (hidden) head injuries
in children with suspected abuse injuries who are less than six months of age or who present with
high-risk injuries, including rib fractures, multiple skeletal fractures or facial injuries.

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-abuse.shtml

2. Age May Play Role in Recovery Following Sports-Related Concussions: High School Athletes May Need
Longer to Recover Than College Athletes (6/10)

In the first published study to examine age as a factor, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(UPMC) sports concussion researchers found that high school athletes demonstrated prolonged memory
dysfunction requiring longer recovery compared to college athletes.

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-age.shtml

3. Chemical Turns Stem Cells Into Neurons Say Scientists (6/16)

A group of researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the Genomics Institute of the
Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have identified a small chemical molecule that controls the fate
of embryonic stem cells. "We found molecules that can direct the embryonic stem cells to [become]
neurons."

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-chemical.shtml

4. Researchers Help Develop First Guidelines for the Treatment of Brain Injuries in Children (6/24)

For the first time, health care providers around the world now have scientific guidelines for the
best way to treat children who have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-children.shtml

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INSIDE VIEW NEWSLETTER

The Summer 2003 (12.3) 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:

Hypothermia Helps Brain Heal
TBI and Parkinson`s Link
Role of Age in TBI Recovery
Child Abuse Hides Head Injury
Alternative Medicine for TBI
2003 Conference Schedule

You can subscribe to the Inside View newsletter at:
https://www.neuroskills.com/ivsubscription.shtml

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CURRENT TBI PRESS RELEASES

The above press releases below can be found at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/current.shtml

06/30/03 Tackling Concussion Head On
06/29/03 Soccer World Butting Heads Over New Protective Wear
06/28/03 Hypertonic Resuscitation May Help Victims Of Blunt Trauma
06/27/03 Brain Injury Help to be Tested
06/26/03 Wake Forest Scientists Figure Out Bizarre Visual Condition
06/25/03 Most Stroller Head Injuries Result of Child Falls
06/20/03 First Guidelines for Treatment of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
06/20/03 Effects of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Increased Fraction of Inspired Oxygen on Brain
Tissue Oxygen, Lactate and Glucose in Patients with Severe Head Injury
06/20/03 Diffuse Axonal Injury Associated with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence from
T2*-weighted Gradient-echo Imaging at 3 T
06/19/03 Brain Matters
06/18/03 Head injury as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease: The Evidence 10 years On; A Partial
Replication
06/18/03 Cognitive Dysfunction in Young Men Following Head Injury in Childhood and Adolescence: A
Population Study
06/18/03 Bedside Hi-Tech Helps Head Injury Patients
06/17/03 Inherited Gene May Place Some At Higher Risk Of Post-traumatic Injury Seizures
06/11/03 Special Report: Brain Injury Research
06/11/03 Cooling the Body May Help Treat Severe Brain Injury
06/10/03 Neural Stem Cells Take A Step Closer To The Clinic
06/09/03 'Even the simplest things, I forget': Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injury
06/05/03 Sirus Pharmaceuticals Announces Programme for Treatment of Loss of Cerebral and Motor
Function Associated With Brain Injury
06/05/03 Lack of Improvement in Cerebral Metabolism After Hyperoxia in Severe Head Injury: A
Microdialysis Study
06/04/03 Protein Linked To Brain Cell Scarring After Injury
06/04/03 Genetic Vulnerability Following Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Apolipoprotein E
06/04/03 Chemical Turns Stem Cells Into Neurons
06/04/03 Car Makers Back Air Bags for Head
06/04/03 Abortion Pill May Save Brain Cells
06/03/03 Life After Brain Injury Requires Willingness to Change
06/01/03 The Relationship Between Pre-Hospital and Emergency Department Glasgow Coma Scale Scores
05/31/03 Problem-Solving by Traumatically Brain Injured and Neurologically Intact Subjects on an
Adaptation of the Twenty Questions Test
05/31/03 The Patient Distress Scale Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Internal Consistency
05/30/03 Evaluating Clients' Perceptions of the Quality of Head Injury Rehabilitation Services:
Development and Validation of a Questionnaire
05/30/03 Early Recognition of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome During Traumatic Brain Injury
Rehabilitation
05/29/03 U of A to Probe Whether Soccer Technique Causes Brain Damage
05/29/03 Sports Pose Injury Risk for All Ages
05/29/03 Astrocyte-Targeted Expression of IL-6 Protects the CNS Against a Focal Brain Injury
05/28/03 Apnoea and Brain Swelling in Non-Accidental Head Injury

The above press releases can be found at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/current.shtml

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MULTI-MEDIA CENTER

Our digital library includes graphics and animations of various aspects of neurology and types of
traumatic brain injury.

You can find the graphics library at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/graphics.shtml

You can find the animations library at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/animations.shtml

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CLINICAL TRIALS

New research studies currently recruiting patients:

1. Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Methylphenidate Effects on Early Recovery
2. Prospective Memory in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury

You can find this clinical trial and others at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/tbi/trials.shtml

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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS 2003

Aug 7-10
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
Toronto, Canada
Web Site: www.apa.org

Aug 23-24
Brain Injury Association of Texas Conference
Austin, TX
Phone: 800-392-0040 or 512-326-1212
Email: info@biatx.org
Web Site: www.biatx.org

Aug 30-Sep 2
Annual Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Sciences
Helsinki, Finland
Phone: 41-22-908-488
Web Site: www.kenes.com/efns2003

Sep 13
BIA Colorado Pikes Peak Challenge
Pikes Peak, CO
Phone: 719-574-1634
Email: pikespeakchallenge@citystar.com
Web Site: www.pikespeakchallenge.com

Sep 18-19
Brain Injury Association of Florida Annual Conference
Delray Beach, FL
Phone: 954-786-2400
Email: info@biaf.org
Web Site: www.biaf.org

Sep 20
Brain Injury Association of Virginia Conference
Richmond, VA
Phone: 800-334-8443
Email: michelle@biav.net
Web Site: http://biav.net/

Oct 1-3
Wyoming Brain Injury Conference
Lander, WY
Phone: 307-335-6849
Email: mauran@state.wy.us
Web Site: www.biausa.org/Wyoming/

Oct 2-3
BIA Ohio Annual Conference
Columbus, OH
Phone: 614-481-7100
Web Site: www.biaoh.org

Oct 2-3
Work After Brain Injury: Outcomes, Prognosis and Effective Interventions
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Phone: 705-741-3412
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Web Site: www.mindworksgroup.ca/education.php

Oct 3-4
2nd Annual Brain Injury Conference: Impact and Outcomes
New Orleans, LA
Phone: 856-429-5637 x368
Email: jputz@bnh.org

Oct 9-10
Brain Injury Association of Utah Conference
Ogden, UT
Phone: 801-484-2240
Email: biau@sisna.com

Oct 9-12
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly
Chicago, IL
Web Site: www.aapmr.org

Oct 10-12
Brain Injury Association of California Conference
Napa, CA
Phone: 888-419-9955 x5701

Oct 15-18
Annual Education Conference of the American Rehabilitation Nurses
New Orleans, LA
Web Site: www.rehabnurse.org

Oct 16
Maximizing Potential through Partnerships
Lansing, MI
Phone: 810-229-5880
Email: info@biami.org
Web Site: www.biami.org

Oct 16
BIA West Virginia Annual Conference
Phone: 304-766-4892
Web Site: www.biausa.org/WVirginia

Oct 16-17
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Conference
Lansing, MI
Phone: 810-229-5880
Web Site: www.biami.org

Oct 19-22
American Neurological Association Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 612-545-6284
Web Site: www.aneuroa.org

Oct 23-26
American Society of Neurorehabilitation and ACRM Conference
Tucson, AZ
Phone: 952-545-6324
Web Site: www.asnr.com

Oct 24-25
Northern Virginia Brain Injury Association Conference
Fairfax, VA
Web Site: www.nvbia.org

Nov 6-7
The Rehabilitative & Neuropsychiatric Interface
Clearwater Beach, FL
Phone: 813-903-4844
Email: Frank.Valva@med.va.gov

For a full listing of conferences being held in 2003,
please go to http://www.neuroskills.com/events.shtml

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BOOKS-OF-THE-MONTH

This month's featured books on traumatic brain injury are:

Mild Brain Injury: An Overview
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805898689/centreforneuroskA/

Someone Stole Yesterday
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577361725/centreforneuroskA/

Where is the Mango Princess?
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375704426/centreforneuroskA/

Normal Again: Redefining Life With Brain Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595237169/centreforneuroskA/

Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Basic Principles and Techniques
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893866009/centreforneuroskA/

For a complete listing of brain injury related books go to:
http://www.neuroskills.com/booksmaster.shtml

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Centre for Neuro Skills has immediate openings for the positions listed below. You can contact
the Human Resources Dept. at hrca@neuroskills.com or call 800-922-4994 or 661-872-3408.

Neuropsychologist
Occupational Therapist
Physical Therapist
Counselor

Find the CNS employment opportunities page and job details at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/cns/employ.shtml

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E-NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

Have you missed one of our newsletters? You can now read past issues of our monthly e-newsletter in
our archive section at:

http://www.neuroskills.com/enewsmenu.shtml

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That is all for this month. See you in July.

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

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