CDC report
 

CDC's Report to Congress on Traumatic Brain Injury Epidemiology and Rehabilitation:

http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininj...epi_rehab.html

Recent PCS-relevant publications
 

Another 2 publications (you can view chunks of these online) -- both look good, but it would be great to have what they say about PCS subjected to some informed scrutiny :-)

Post-Concussion Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Approach by William D Boyd, 2014
(http://www.amazon.com/Post-Concussio.../dp/1499060866)

Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice, 2nd edn, 2012, WD Zasler et al (http://www.demosmedical.com/brain-in...d-edition.html)

Chronic Post Traumatic Headaches
 

In my travels just now I found an interesting article about headaches associated with Post Concussion Syndrome.

Just thought I'd add on there in case it's of help to someone...

http://www.hacoop.org/professionals_5_1.html
Chronic Post-Traumatic Headache (2003)

Thomas N. Ward, MD and Morris Levin, MD
Co-Directors, Dartmouth Headache Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire

Excellent article on nutrition for tbi..must read

http://www.indiadivine.org/content/t...-brain-injury/

Antibody Therapy
 

Research re NSAIDs + anti-depressants
 

There has been some media about a large South Korean study (published in the British Medical Journal) suggesting that the combination of NSAIDs (pain-killers) + anti-depressants (any type) can increase the risk of intracranial bleeding, esp. in men. Will not include links here, as the headlines are all pretty sensationalized, but easy to Google.

Independent from this, the US FDA has also recently strengthened warnings about NSAIDs, which many people take for things like neck and back pain.

While this has raised further questions and prompted calls for further research, doctors are being advised to closely monitor drug interactions, & pharmacists are being urged to educate patients.

Probably worth letting doc/pharmacist know if you are taking or thinking of taking this combination so that alternatives may be considered.

"People With Brain Injuries Heal Faster If They Get Up And Get Moving"
 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...and-get-moving

7/6/2015

from Brainline Military

Recovering from Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Chapter 3 - The Important Role of Brain Filters

• Hearing problems and hypersensitivity to sound
  
• Vision problems and sensitivity to light
  
• Dizziness and vertigo
  
• Changes in energy reserve after injury

Lara, thanks for that link. It actually goes well with a Mental Flooding video that was recently posted by one of our community members: http://nbia.ca/flooding-video/