John Tiwald
Oct 1, 20175 min read
“What‘s it going to take to get help?”: Child with Brain Injury Shuffled through 5 York Schools in 5
After suffering a brain injury when he was four, this Markham boy has been shuffled through five different schools in the York Region...
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
Jul 26, 20175 min read
111 NFL Brains. All But One Had CTE.
Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, has examined the brains of 202 deceased football players. A broad survey of her findings was published on
John Tiwald
Jun 27, 20175 min read
Brain Injury, PTSD All Too Common
The explosive blast that forever changed Vanessa Molina’s life struck on a desolate road in Iraq in 2006 as she drove a gun truck guarding a
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 9, 20172 min read
Loss of Consciousness in Brain Injury: A Myth
A common, yet untrue, belief about brain injury is that a person cannot possibly have suffered a brain injury without losing consciousness o
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 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
