John Tiwald
Mar 22, 20192 min read
Barrow Neurological Institute's Domestic Violence Traumatic Brain Injury Program Offers Services
I recently heard about Barrow Neurological Institute's Domestic Violence Traumatic Brain Injury Program in Phoenix, and am impressed,...
John Tiwald
Oct 5, 20175 min read
Managing Head Trauma in Children
Exerpted from The New York Times | By Perri Klass, MD More than 30 years ago, my toddler stood up in his stroller, evading the various...
John Tiwald
Aug 16, 20175 min read
Eye Movements May Be Key in Detecting Brain Injury, Concussion
Dr. Uzma Samadani, M.D., Ph.D. is paving the way for new eye-tracking diagnostic measures after a brain injury. By Amy Sellmer,...
John Tiwald
Jun 27, 20173 min read
Early Detection for Brain Injuries
Football teams of the future — even high school squads on limited budgets — may someday have a new tool to check players for brain injuries.
John Tiwald
Jun 6, 20173 min read
Cohen Veterans Bioscience and American College of Radiology Launch First of its Kind Imaging Library
Cohen Veterans Bioscience and the American College of Radiology today announced the creation of the first Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Imagi
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 22, 20173 min read
Wounded Troops Discharged for Misconduct Often Had PTSD or TBI
Three-fifths of troops discharged from the military for misconduct in recent years had a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma
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
May 2, 20173 min read
Plasma Total-Tau Level May Flag CTE
Repeated head impact (RHI) exposure predicts higher later-life plasma total-tau (t-tau) concentrations in former professional football playe
John Tiwald
Apr 25, 20172 min read
Some TBI Patients Show Dopamine Pathway Deficits
A subset of patients experiencing cognitive problems following traumatic brain injury (TBI) show evidence of diminished dopaminergic activit
John Tiwald
Apr 21, 20173 min read
Resetting Body Clock May Help the Brain to Heal
Circadian-related variations in body temperatures were found to be linked to arousal in people in vegetative or minimally conscious states i
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
