Health IT Analytics | Dec 30, 2020
Using medical imaging techniques, researchers have found potential brain biomarkers of PTSD in people with traumatic brain injury.
Psychology Today | Dec 29, 2020
Chronic, low-level inflammation may be a biomarker for PTSD.
Tulsa World | Dec 28, 2020
Tracy Anderson’s 2020 has been an eventful one, starting with a hospital visit in January for a heart attack and ending Thursday with a trip to Fort Worth, Texas, for the University of Tulsa’s bowl game.
Colorado Public Radio | Dec 28, 2020
Army veteran Sergio Alfaro said COVID-19 has reignited his PTSD symptoms. "Now I have that sense of danger creeping back into my life again," he said.
The Washington Post | Dec 28, 2020
Danger signs are racking up in the world of sports about the long-term consequences of head injuries. From concussions to the routine heading of soccer balls, there’s mounting evidence that professional and amateur players risk paying a serious price later in life. Rugby player Steve Thompson, a World Cup winner for England in 2003, was recently diagnosed in his 40s with early onset dementia. It’s a growing concern not just for players, parents and high schools, but also for the leagues and ruling bodies that are facing law suits.
Forbes | Dec 23, 2020
"Sadly, PTSD is not an easy condition to treat or to live with. Still, some PTSD sufferers say they’ve found relief from their intense symptoms through a controversial treatment - medical cannabis."
U.S. News & World Report | Dec 23, 2020
Certain types of antidepressants might be better than others for treating PTSD because they carry a lower risk of stroke, according to a new study.
CNN | Dec 23, 2020
"Nobody recognized the Jimmy Stewart that returned home from combat. He had changed so much. He had aged some say ten years, some say 20. He had a lot of the attributes of PTSD," Matzen said.
BBC | Dec 21, 2020
When former international rugby player Michael Lipman began struggling to remember things just said to him by his wife, he knew he had a problem.
BBC | Dec 16, 2020
World Cup winner Kat Merchant wants better care for retired players, saying she has "lower cognitive capacity" following numerous concussions.
The Guardian | Dec 16, 2020
We asked for your views and heard from players, referees, coaches, doctors, nurses, physios, academics, and parents
Colorado Public Radio | Dec 15, 2020
"If you go and plant a crop in March, and your whole world gets flipped around ... that's just so scary. That is just a scary bet to make," Kuhlman said.
Yahoo! Sports | Dec 15, 2020
The 48-year-old actress admitted that the pandemic has had a negative impact on her mental and emotional health, with the racial unrest that erupted around the country taking a particular toll.
The Guardian | Dec 14, 2020
People with a history of concussion are more than twice as likely to develop a neurological disease, according to a new study that gathered the largest ever dataset on the syndrome in the UK.
BBC | Dec 14, 2020
The way players train needs to be addressed "very quickly", says the head of the Rugby Players' Association, after ex-professionals said the sport has given them permanent brain damage.
The Guardian | Dec 14, 2020
The head injury crisis facing collision sports can be only be helped with increased awareness, collaboration and funding.
The Conversation | Dec 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a drastic effect on the mental health and wellbeing of stroke survivors and their carers. This has coincided with vital post-stroke rehabilitation and support services being reduced or cut. As survivors struggle to adapt to post-stroke life with limited external support, the burden of care is increasingly being placed upon family members and carers.
Los Angeles Times | Dec 9, 2020
Hayley Hodson, the 2015 American Volleyball Coaches Assn. freshman of the year at Stanford, saw her career cut short because of post-concussion syndrome.
NPR | Dec 7, 2020
Patrick Skluzacek suffers from PTSD nightmares. His son, Tyler, created a smart watch app to disrupt them, which just got FDA approval. They share their story with NPR's Debbie Elliott.
Medical Xpress | Dec 4, 2020
Quality of life is important for persons with traumatic brain injury, and new studies find it's just as important for the person's caregiver. "We developed the [TBI-CareQOL Measurement System] tool as a way to have standard measures for quality of life in caregivers of persons with TBI."
ESPN | Dec 4, 2020
t's a moment perhaps everyone who's played rugby — or any contact sport — has experienced; your head hitting the turf, or accidental head-to-head contact. For some, the contact doesn't cause any issues, maybe a bruise or a bit of short term pain. For me, it meant a concussion; throbbing headaches, nausea, 'fogginess', a struggle to concentrate and more. Just under three months after smacking the back of my head into the ground twice over six weeks playing rugby, I'm still struggling.
U.S. News and World Report | Dec 4, 2020
States with strong football cultures have often fumbled measures to protect young players who've suffered concussions, researchers say.
The Washington Post | Dec 2, 2020
The year 2020 has exacted a psychological toll on Americans. Levels of anxiety and depression have skyrocketed. Here are some ways to help those who are dealing with mental health issues.
HuffPost | Nov 30, 2020
“‘What do you do?’ the woman asked me. I hesitated. I thought, ‘I’m disabled,’ but instead, I told her, ‘I’m between jobs.’”
The Conversation | Nov 24, 2020
Alarm bells are ringing in sport about the risk of a group of chronic, neuro-degenerative diseases, commonly understood as dementia. There is an increasingly large body of evidence which has identified that small, repetitive collisions of the brain inside the skull cause this disease.
