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
Nov 16, 20183 min read
Young Footballers’ Injuries More Common at Small Schools
Doubled risk compared with football teams from large schools By Randy Dotinga, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today SAN DIEGO — Size...
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
Sep 28, 20182 min read
Mild TBI Doubles Dementia Risk, Even Without LOC
Those who have had a TBI "may be able to reduce their [dementia] risk through other activities, such as engaging in physical, mental, a
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
Oct 26, 20174 min read
For Your Brain's Sake, Keep Moving
Exerted from The New York Times By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS OCT. 4, 2017 Because we can never have enough reasons to keep exercising, a new...
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
Aug 14, 20172 min read
Improved Diagnostics for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries
Excerpted from Medical Express | August 7, 2017 A new study published in PLOS Medicine shows that by improving the classification of...
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, 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 18, 20172 min read
Traumatic Brain Injuries May be Helped with Drug Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder
In research published in Scientific Reports on May 8, Rutgers scientists discovered that lithium – used as a mood stabilizer and to treat de
