The New York Times (gift article) | Apr 21, 2026
New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.
The New York Times (gift article) | Apr 21, 2026
On top of the daily toll of treating patients, the show’s medical providers bring their own scars to the E.R.
The Conversation | Apr 21, 2026
In a significant development in the battle against brain injury in sport, teams from the National Rugby League (NRL) and the National Rugby League for Women (NRLW) are now required to restrict the amount of body contact during training sessions.
While the policy has been broadly described as a way to reduce exposure to all injuries, it is clearly targeted at reducing concussion and repetitive brain trauma.
This is the first official contact training limit by an Australian contact sport governing body. It shows that despite decades of rule changes, research and claimed advances in player safety, brain trauma remains a central concern for sport organisations.
The Conversation | Apr 16, 2026
A recent move from a leading insurance provider has made it more difficult for AFL and AFLW players to access brain injury insurance.
In March, Zurich Australia announced concussion and head trauma exclusions for professional players who held total and permanent disablement (TPD) insurance as part of the AFL Players Association superannuation fund, the trustee for which is AMP.
This means no TPD benefit will be payable for football-related brain injury including concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
So why did Zurich make this move and how may the decision impact sports leagues and athletes?
The Washington Post (gift article) | Apr 12, 2026
The sights and sounds of Augusta National are testing golfer Gary Woodland in ways few golfers have experienced.
Wisconsin Public Radio | Apr 12, 2026
We hear the Commanding Officer of Fort Campbell, home of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, recorded when the based closed down for three days following a rash of eleven suicides. Brigadier General Loree Sutton is the military’s top-ranking psychiatrist and Director of the Pentagon’s Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. She talks with Steve Paulson about what the military is doing to combat the alarming statistics concerning suicide, alcoholism and PTSD in returning vets.
The New York Times (gift article) | Apr 12, 2026
A psychologist, she urged patients to confront the things that frightened them, revolutionizing her field’s approach to post-traumatic stress disorder.
PBS NewsHour | Apr 12, 2026
More than 350 U.S. service members have been injured since military action against Iran began in February. The majority of those are traumatic brain injuries. TBIs have become the defining injury of post 9/11 conflicts, and the symptoms can often linger for years, or even a lifetime. Liz Landers discusses more with Jayna Moceri Brooks, who has studied combat-related brain injuries for years.
STAT | Apr 3, 2026
Thirty-eight states plus the District of Columbia allow practitioners to recommend medical marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder.
But what if they’re all wrong? A new systematic review of results from randomized controlled trials involving marijuana suggests they are.
Psychology Today | Mar 31, 2026
AI can now help treat dyslexia in children. Can it also help older adults?
Psychology Today | Mar 31, 2026
A new study helps establish the value of Internal Family Systems therapy for PTSD.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Mar 31, 2026
Eight more former players have joined the class action including Ian Fairley, Nick Stevens and Michael Richardson.
Ten further clubs have been listed as defendants, alongside Geelong and the AFL.
The New York Times | Mar 31, 2026
The country’s experiment with psychedelic medicine has led to positive outcomes, psychiatrists say, but also highlights the limitations of the nascent field.
BBC | Mar 11, 2026
Former US Open champion Gary Woodland has said he "can't waste energy any more" hiding his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder after undergoing brain surgery in 2023.
The Conversation | Mar 4, 2026
“People can assess me, interview me, incarcerate me, observe me, and they can think they know what I need,” said Shawn, a man in his early 50s who spent 15 years in and out of prison. “And that can be an educated assessment, but at the end of the day, I live inside of this body, inside of this head. I know what I need.”
The New York Times (gift article) | Mar 4, 2026
Veterans and others who have suffered trauma and injuries are flocking to clinics around the world to take ibogaine. My own reason was deeply personal.
STAT | Mar 4, 2026
Patients aren’t rejecting expertise. They’re rejecting hierarchy.
BBC | Feb 25, 2026
UFC legend Ronda Rousey is scheduled to face Gina Carano on 16 May in California. Both women have been long retired and will undergo stricter "neurological and concussion" medical tests before they are cleared to return to MMA. Rousey has spoken at length about serious concussion problems throughout her athletic career and said it contributed to her decision to retire from MMA 10 years ago so is her return a good thing for her and the sport?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Feb 24, 2026
"We want to achieve for concussion what seatbelts achieved for road safety."
That's the bold claim made by industrial designer Graeme Attey at the beginning of a promotional video for Australian sportswear company GameGear. In his hands is his latest invention, a helmet specifically designed to reduce an athlete's chance of getting concussion.
The Conversation | Feb 24, 2026
Touching the lives of an average 110 people each day in Aotearoa, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is much more common than any of us would like it to be.
Yet it is often misunderstood, underestimated and too easily dismissed as someone else’s problem.
The Conversation | Feb 18, 2026
On any given night, 60,000 people in Canada will go to sleep homeless. Research estimates that more than half of them have had a brain injury at one point in their lives, most of them being injured before becoming homeless. An estimated 22.5 per cent live with moderate or severe brain injuries, a rate nearly 10 times higher than the general population.
The Conversation | Feb 18, 2026
An explosion does not need to strike the head to injure the brain. When a blast occurs, it generates a sudden pressure wave that can pass through the body and skull in milliseconds, potentially deforming brain tissue and blood vessels along the way.
For soldiers exposed to improvised explosive devices or other blasts, and civilians caught in industrial accidents or explosions in conflict zones, the neurological effects can be long-lasting – even when brain scans appear normal.
Psychology Today | Feb 18, 2026
"Beloved" vividly conveys the impact of trauma, the way it impairs present and future.
NPR | Feb 18, 2026
Psychologist George Bonanno says we have overestimated the debilitating power of post-traumatic stress disorder and underestimated our resilience.
CBC | Feb 18, 2026
Today on the show we are talking about concussions and brain injuries -- from symptoms,to a diagnosis, treatments, rehab, living with a brain injury and supports. Guests: Dr. Abayomi Ogunyemi, neurologist; Nick Mercer, Concussion Talk Podcast; Jen Smith, former vice president of the N.L. Brain Injury Association.
