John Tiwald
Feb 5, 20191 min read
Your Dazzling Brain - Understanding Pain
Pain is one of the marvelous mechanisms your brain uses t tell you to stop and take care of yourself - to pay attention. At its best, pain c
John Tiwald
Dec 10, 201814 min read
‘I Want to Live Like a Human Being’: Where New York Fails Its Mentally Ill
More than 200 interviews and thousands of pages of medical, social work and housing records reviewed by ProPublica and FRONTLINE, in collabo
John Tiwald
Nov 14, 20181 min read
Journalist and Best-Selling Author Kurt Eichenwald is Interviewed About His Brain Injury
In a recent interview on Christiane Amanpour and Co.'s show (PBS 11-12-18) journalist and New York Times best-selling author Kurt Eichen
John Tiwald
Dec 20, 20173 min read
Brain Lesions May Explain Criminal Behavior
Brain lesions temporally associated with criminal behavior map to a common functional brain network involved in aspects of moral decision ma
John Tiwald
Aug 14, 20172 min read
Domestic violence and brain injuries are linked, says researcher
Researcher says victims need to be properly screened for traumatic brain injuries By Flora Pan, CBC News | July 28, 2017 More domestic...
John Tiwald
Jun 6, 20175 min read
The Earliest Signs of Brain Damage in Athletes? Listen for Them
A small study of NFL players suggests that the signs of CTE may be found with a low-cost, noninvasive test that tracks changes in conversati
John Tiwald
May 16, 20175 min read
A Simple, Clear Message on the Sports-Brain Injury Controversy
The debate over CTE's existence, associations, and causes has sparked politics and cover-up, breakthrough research, and even a Will Smit
John Tiwald
Nov 4, 20163 min read
Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Mental Impairments Using Mechanisms Linked with Alzheimer’s
A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston fills an important gap in understanding the link between traumatic brai
John Tiwald
Oct 10, 20164 min read
Concussions Can Occur in All Youth Sports
Recent attention to long-term brain damage linked to multiple concussions among professional football players has prompted a much closer loo
John Tiwald
Aug 26, 20163 min read
Plasma Tau Levels Increased Post-TBI
Military personnel who sustain one or more TBIs — the signature injury in military personnel deployed for combat operations in Iraq and Afgh
John Tiwald
Aug 4, 201610 min read
Effective Concussion Treatment Remains Frustratingly Elusive, Despite a Booming Industry
In a small brick building across the street from a Taco Bell in Marrero, LA, patients enter a clear plastic capsule and breathe pure oxygen.
John Tiwald
Jun 11, 20152 min read
Pseudobulbar Affect: Neurologic damage can disrupt brain signaling, causing a “short circuit”
Click here to take an assessment to see if you may have PBA. The Science of PBA PseudoBulbar Affect (PBA) symptoms are frequent,...
