John Tiwald
Apr 18, 20171 min read
iMedicalApps: Using Virtual Reality to Diagnose Concussions
Britain’s University of Birmingham and the University of East Anglia are conducting a trial to evaluate the use of the Oculus Rift VR headse
John Tiwald
Sep 13, 20163 min read
Collaborative Care May Aid Kids’ Concussion Recovery
Collaborative care, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), was linked with decreased reporting of post-concussive symptoms as well as
John Tiwald
May 5, 20163 min read
Concussion Doesn’t Slow Kids’ Return to Football
In the U.S., the youngest football players are more likely to return to play less than 24 hours after a concussion than their older peers, r
John Tiwald
Apr 30, 20136 min read
The healing hormone
Donald Stein finds further vindication in his long-held belief that progesterone is more than just a female hormone. By Martha Nolan...
John Tiwald
Apr 25, 20132 min read
Research into young people with brain injury who offend
University of Canterbury | New Zealand Tuesday 23 April 2013, 01:08PM Media release from University of Canterbury Young people who suffer...
John Tiwald
Mar 24, 20133 min read
AAN: Human Foible May Undermine Concussion Tx
By John Gever, Senior Editor | MedPage Today | March 23, 2013 SAN DIEGO — Clinicians seeking to establish a medical history for children...
John Tiwald
Jan 23, 20135 min read
New Study Finds Brain Damage in Living Ex-NFL Players
by Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada | PBS Frontline | January 22, 2013 (Credit: UCLA) ESPN reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve...
John Tiwald
Dec 22, 20124 min read
Study Bolsters Link Between Routine Hits and Brain Disease
By Ken Belson | The New York Times | December 3, 2012 The growing evidence of a link between head trauma and long-term, degenerative...
John Tiwald
Nov 14, 20125 min read
Traumatic brain injury patients, supercomputer simulations studied to improve helmets
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations...
John Tiwald
Sep 12, 20123 min read
Scientists Create Atlas of Human Brain
Ian Sample | Science Correspondent | guardian.co.uk September 19, 2012 A comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain that reveals the...
John Tiwald
Apr 28, 20125 min read
What the Brain Tells Us
By Vera H-C Chan | Yahoo News Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience In the past 20 years, neuroscience, buoyed by advances in imaging...