A new study has found children who suffered this preventable injury were more likely not to complete Year 12 > bit.ly/42fY6ys

Children who suffer serious concussion are at risk of falling behind at school, according to a landmark Australian study. Among the key findings; kids who endure a severe head knock are less likely to finish Year 12. Emily Rice #9News

“How many boxers have died from injuries suffered in the ring? One estimate is well over 1500 worldwide since the mid 19th century; another suggests over 160 in Australia alone.“ theage.com.au/national/most-…

Robinson et al. examine the incidence of 10 pathologies in autopsied individuals with or without neurodegenerative disease, and observe up to seven concurrent pathologies in individual subjects, in 161 different combinations. tinyurl.com/4a879mbx tinyurl.com/47we7a98

Concussion and its afterlives, 1928-Present. A history for those of you trying to get caught up on the day's events. [Thread].

Today an influential but sadly flawed 'consensus' pours water on adverse #BrainHealth risk and #neurodegenerative disease/ #dementia in former contact sport athletes. Meanwhile ⬇️

🧠The 6th Consensus statement on Concussion has been published today🧠 bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/11/… Here's a thread summarising the main points of difference from the 5th

Oh dear. Even attentive readers of the Consensus will likely miss how this little gem is justified in footnotes 60-61.

Questions raised about ethical conduct of #NRL researchers. My latest report in ⁦The Australian⁩ theaustralian.com.au/sport/cte-and-…

Really cool new study suggests that there's potential utility to the diagnosis of TES in life (the clinical syndrome of CTE) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37380429/

Don't under-estimate the impact of childhood burns on academic performance Especially difficult on young females Matched population-based cohort study 🇦🇺 Reidar P. Lystad adc.bmj.com/content/early/…

We found that young females hospitalised with a burn had 72% higher risk of not achieving the national minimum standard for reading compared to matched peers - shorturl.at/jrPX6 Reidar P. Lystad Anne McMaugh ccameron

"A study of former rugby players' brains has found that those who played for longer were more likely to develop a degenerative brain disease." bbc.co.uk/news/health-67… Research article 👉link.springer.com/article/10.100… #CTE #rugby #dementia

The theme for #IPD2023 is CTE. To increase awareness and understanding about CTE, RCPA has developed a position statement with the Australian Sports Brain Bank and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney. Read the position statement rcpa.me/CTEPosition #Pathology #PathTwitter

The Spinal Cord Injury Mind and HeART (SMART) Trial team are seeking participants to trial a controlled rhythmic breathing therapy for people with spinal injury. sydney.edu.au/research/volun… Professor Rebecca Mitchell University of Sydney

NEWS: Boston University CTE Center diagnoses first case of stage 2 CTE in a teenager. In 2019, Wyatt Bramwell of Missouri died by suicide. He played tackle football from 3rd grade thru high school. "If it could happen to our son, it could happen to anyone.” Full release: concussionfoundation.org/news/press-rel…

SMART trial currently recruiting people with spinal cord injury to trial rhythmic breathing therapy Jeffrey Braithwaite Reidar P. Lystad

Interesting sociological analysis and discussion of child partocipation in contact sports with high risk of brain injury. doi.org/10.1080/175113…

Challenges of delivering health services at end-of-life: 20% of people who died with cancer had 1 indicator & 11% ≥2 indicators of potentially burdensome EOLC - rdcu.be/dxAvu Australian Institute of Health Innovation Jeffrey Braithwaite Reema Harrison, PhD Reidar P. Lystad